Release full transcript of of AI flight 171's audio recording immediately
Here are some other questions. First officer Clive Kunder, 32, was flying the aircraft, while pilot-in-command Sumeet Sabharwal, 56, was monitoring it. Which of them asked the other why he shut the fuel switches? The first switch was off at 1.38.42 pm. Switching it on ought to have been a reflex action. Why did it take the pilots 10 seconds to do so? Why was fuel to the second engine switched on four seconds after the first and not simultaneously? While the first engine developed thrust after fuel was restored, the second struggled—why? The US's Federal Aviation Administration had flagged potential disengagements of Boeing's fuel switch locking feature way back in 2018. When was this craft's fuel switches last serviced? The AAIB must put out the full transcript of the fateful flight's recordings to dispel suspicion that the preliminary probe report was meant to frame the pilots, who tragically are incapable of defending themselves. Though the final report may take a year, full transparency even at this stage can give some closure to the families of the victims.
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