“Why did you turn off the fuel?” Revealed conversation of pilots of the airplane of Air India before the crash

The preliminary report indicates that there is a recording that shows one of the pilots to ask the other because it turned off the fuel, to which it replies that it did not. No flaw in the engine engine was found.

O preliminary report From the India Air Accident Investigation Department on Air India Flight 171, which killed 260 people on June 12, it was released on Friday.

The document does not bring conclusions, but its focus is, at least for now, in the action of pilots.

Recordings made during the flight indicate that two fuel control switchesnormally used to turn the engines on or off on the ground, were alternated from the “run” position to the “cutoff” position right after takeoff. This caused power loss in both engines.

According to the report, the voice recording of the Boeing 787-8 booth shows one of the pilots to ask the other because it had turned off the fuel supply. The other pilot replied that he had not done that. The identification of the voices of each pilot was not specified.

In offset, the co -pilot was piloting the plane while the commander supervised. The switches were then placed back to your normal positionwhich would automatically lead to the process of engine reboot.

In fact, one of the engines had started recover propulsion at the time of the aircraft fall. The other was reactivated, but had not yet recovered the propulsion. This change in the switch position Almost immediately the enginescutting fuel supply.

This is usually done when the aircraft reaches its destination and the engines are turned off. It is also something used in some emergency situations – but the report does not mention that some scenario has occurred with the Air India plane.

The document suggests that No significant failure has been found on the aircraft or in their engines. Therefore, the report does not make specific recommendations for operators and manufacturers of the B787-8 or the Ge Genx-1B engine.

Air India flight 171 fell on June 12 after taking off from the Indian city of Ahmedabad to London. Of the 242 passengers, 241 died and only one survived. The plane crashed into a densely populated neighborhood, killing 19 other people who were not on board.

The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner sent a rescue signal to air traffic control before collide with a building which served as accommodation for doctors at a hospital. They were on board 169 Indians, 53 British, seven Portuguese, a Canadian and the 12 crew.

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Apt pilots

The report of the India Air Accident Investigation Department states that, before boarding, the crew and the pilots were subjected to tests to ensure that they were able to perform their duties.

The two pilots, residents of the Indian city of Bombaim, had arrived in Ahmedabad the day before and passed by a “proper rest period.”

Pilots and other crew also took the alcohol meter test, after which they were considered “able to operate the flight.”