'I Didn't Cut Off Fuel?': AAIB Report On Air India Plane Crash Reveals Last Conversation Between Pilots - Shocking Revelations

New Delhi: A preliminary report on the Ahmedabad Air India crash that killed over 270 people revealed shocking details. The report showed that both switches feeding fuel to the two engines of Air India flight 171 were cut off, seconds after taking off. The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) released the initial investigation report on Saturday.

"The aircraft achieved the maximum recorded airspeed of 180 Knots IAS at about 08:08:42 UTC, and immediately thereafter, the Engine 1 and Engine 2 fuel cutoff switches transitioned from RUN to CUTOFF position one after another with a time gap of 01 sec," the report said.

The report pointed out that the engine N1 and N2 began to decrease from their take-off values as the fuel supply to the engines was cut off. "In the cockpit voice recording, one of the pilots is heard asking the other why did he cutoff. The other pilot responded that he did not do so," it said.

Notably, at the time the aircraft took off, the co-pilot was flying the plane, while the captain was monitoring, reported PTI. The preliminary report recommended no action for now for the operators of Boeing 787-8 planes.