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New Indian Express
13-07-2025
- General
- New Indian Express
Fuel cut-off to engines after take-off caused Ahmedabad plane crash: Preliminary inquiry
NEW DELHI: Within two minutes after the aircraft was cleared for take-off from the Ahmedabad airport on June 12, both the engines of Air India's Dreamliner aircraft AI 171 shut down midair due to the cut-off of fuel to the engines, reveals the preliminary inquiry report into the mishap which killed 241 people on board. The Aircraft Accidents Investigation Bureau made public its findings on Saturday morning. The lift-off happened at 1.37 pm from Runway 23 and the aircraft air/ground sensors transitioned to air mode consistent with lift-off, it said. "The aircraft achieved the maximum recorded airspeed of 180 Knots at 8.08.42 UTC (1.38 pm IST) 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 Engine N1 and N2 began to decrease from their take-off values as the fuel supply to the engines was cut off," it said. The fuel cut-off appears to have taken the pilots too by surprise. "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," the report states.
New Indian Express
12-07-2025
- General
- New Indian Express
Deliberate human intervention reason for the Air India crash: Top safety expert
NEW DELHI: Aviation safety consultant and former Boeing aircraft trainer Captain Mohan Ranganathan states that the findings of the inquiry report of the June 12 Dreamliner Air India crash made public on Saturday prove the accident to be a case of "deliberate human intervention. "The preliminary report by the Aircraft Accidents Investigation Bureau (AAIB), an independent investigative unit. constituted by the Civil Aviation Ministry, reveal a conversation between the cockpit crew with one of them expressing shock over the fuel supply being cut-off to the engines and questioning the other. The report states, "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," The co-pilot Clive Kunder was flying the plane during take-off and he had 1000-plus hours of flying. The highly experienced First Officer Captain Sumit Sabharwal, with more than 8,000 hours of flying was in the cockpit with him. Capt Ranganathan states, "The fuel switch does not change automatically. It needs to be moved physically from one slot to another slot and can only be done as a deliberate action." This switch to stop fuel supply is provided as an emergency measure so that pilots can salvage the situation in case of any major fire related incidents, he explained. "This is a case of deliberate human intervention. It was not accidental," he stressed.
New Indian Express
12-07-2025
- General
- New Indian Express
Deliberate human intervention is the reason for the accident: Capt Mohan Ranganathan
NEW DELHI: Aviation safety consultant and former Boeing aircraft trainer Captain Mohan Ranganathan states that the findings of the inquiry report of the June 12 Dreamliner Air India crash made public on Saturday prove the accident to be a case of "deliberate human intervention. "The preliminary report by the Aircraft Accidents Investigation Bureau (AAIB), an independent investigative unit. constituted by the Civil Aviation Ministry, reveal a conversation between the cockpit crew with one of them expressing shock over the fuel supply being cut-off to the engines and questioning the other. The report states, "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," The co-pilot Clive Kunder was flying the plane during take-off and he had 1000-plus hours of flying. The highly experienced First Officer Captain Sumit Sabharwal, with more than 8,000 hours of flying was in the cockpit with him. Capt Ranganathan states, "The fuel switch does not change automatically. It needs to be moved physically from one slot to another slot and can only be done as a deliberate action." This switch to stop fuel supply is provided as an emergency measure so that pilots can salvage the situation in case of any major fire related incidents, he explained. "This is a case of deliberate human intervention. It was not accidental," he stressed.
New Indian Express
12-07-2025
- General
- New Indian Express
Fuel cut-off to engines after take-off caused Ahmedabad plane crash: AIIB preliminary inquiry
NEW DELHI: Within two minutes after the aircraft was cleared for take-off from the Ahmedabad airport on June 12, both the engines of Air India's Dreamliner aircraft AI 171 shut down midair due to the cut-off of fuel to the engines, reveals the preliminary inquiry report into the mishap which killed 241 people on board. The Aircraft Accidents Investigation Bureau made public its findings on Saturday morning. The lift-off happened at 1.37 pm from Runway 23 and the aircraft air/ground sensors transitioned to air mode consistent with lift-off, it said. "The aircraft achieved the maximum recorded airspeed of 180 Knots at 8.08.42 UTC (1.38 pm IST) 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 Engine N1 and N2 began to decrease from their take-off values as the fuel supply to the engines was cut off," it said. The fuel cut-off appears to have taken the pilots too by surprise. "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," the report states.
New Indian Express
12-07-2025
- General
- New Indian Express
Fuel cut-off to engines after take-off caused Ahmedabad plane crash: AIIB prelim inquiry
NEW DELHI: Within two minutes after the aircraft was cleared for take-off from the Ahmedabad airport on June 12, both the engines of Air India's Dreamliner aircraft AI 171 shut down midair due to the cut-off of fuel to the engines, reveals the preliminary inquiry report into the mishap which killed 241 people on board. The Aircraft Accidents Investigation Bureau made public its findings on Saturday morning. The lift-off happened at 1.37 pm from Runway 23 and the aircraft air/ground sensors transitioned to air mode consistent with lift-off, it said. "The aircraft achieved the maximum recorded airspeed of 180 Knots at 8.08.42 UTC (1.38 pm IST) 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 Engine N1 and N2 began to decrease from their take-off values as the fuel supply to the engines was cut off," it said. The fuel cut-off appears to have taken the pilots too by surprise. "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," the report states.
