Air India Flight 171 Crash: Human Error and Fuel Turn-Off Under Investigation
Originally Published 6 months ago — by The New York Times
Investigators released a preliminary report on the June 12 crash of Air India Flight 171 near Ahmedabad, revealing that the plane's fuel supply was cut shortly after takeoff, leading to a crash that killed at least 260 people. The report details the sequence of events, including the fuel switch movements and cockpit interactions, but the cause of the fuel cutoff remains unclear, and further investigation is needed.