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Air India Crash: Was It Fuel Mismanagement or System Failure?

The investigation into the Air India crash focuses on one crucial question: was the fuel set to ‘cutoff’ or ‘run’? Experts ...
Its chairwoman Jennifer Homendy asserted that current media reports on the Air India 171 crash are “premature and speculative.” “India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau just ...
Before one of its planes crashed just after takeoff last month, killing at least 260 people, Air India had been a symbol of ...
Confusion surrounds Air India as crash dents national pride Capt. C.S. Randhawa, a former pilot for Air India and the Indian air force, said the suggestion that one of the pilots may have crashed ...
NEW DELHI — A cockpit voice recording from the June 12 crash of an Air India Boeing 787 indicates that one of the pilots may have cut off fuel to the plane’s engines just after takeoff ...
FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford said the crash of an Air India flight does not appear to have been caused by a mechanical problem with the fuel control switches.
The Federal Aviation Administration has determined an Air India crash last month indicated no broader mechanical problem related to fuel-cutoff switches in the Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet, ...
The new leader of the US Federal Aviation Administration said the deadly crash of an Air India Boeing Co. 787 jet last month was unlikely to have been caused by a mechanical issue with the plane or ...