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Inside the cockpit: How Air India's Boeing Dreamliner flight ended in disaster
Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox FILE PHOTO: A view shows the rear of an Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane following its crash, in Ahmedabad, India, June 12, 2025. Central Industrial Security Force via X/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo A preliminary report into the Air India crash that killed 260 people last month showed the plane's engines fuel cutoff switches almost simultaneously flipped from run to cutoff, starving the engines of fuel. Here is the sequence of events - by the seconds - on June 12, as detailed by Indian investigators in their preliminary report released on Saturday: 05:47 GMT (11:17 a.m. IST) – Air India Dreamliner VT-ANB landed in Ahmedabad from New Delhi as AI423. 07:48:38 GMT – The aircraft was observed departing from Bay 34 at the airport. 07:55:15 GMT – The aircraft requested taxi clearance, which was granted by air traffic control; a minute later the aircraft taxied from the bay to Runway 23 via Taxiway R4, backtracked and lined up for take-off. 08:02:03 GMT - The aircraft was transferred from ground to tower control. 08:07:33 GMT – Take-off clearance issued. Top stories Swipe. Select. Stay informed. Asia Air India crash report shows pilot confusion over engine switch movement Business F&B operators face tougher business landscape amid rising costs and stiff competition Business What's in store for policyholders after GE removes pre-authorisation letters for two private hospitals Singapore ST will have Govt's 'full confidence and support' in its mission: PM Wong Multimedia Which floor is this? Chongqing's maze-like environment powers its rise as a megacity Asia 'Woven air': Ancient fabric spun across history makes comeback amid lies and climate change Sport 'A step forward' for golfer Shannon Tan, who makes cut at Evian Championship Business 4 conditions that allow seniors with dementia to sign wills 08:07:37 GMT - The aircraft started rolling. 08:08:39 GMT – Aircraft lifted off. "The aircraft air/ground sensors transitioned to air mode, consistent with liftoff," the report said. 08:08:42 GMT – Aircraft reached max airspeed of 180 knots. "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. "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 CCTV footage obtained from the airport showed Ram Air Turbine (RAT) getting deployed during the initial climb immediately after lift-off "The aircraft started to lose altitude before crossing the airport perimeter wall." 08:08:47 GMT – both engines' values "passed below minimum idle speed", and the RAT hydraulic pump began supplying hydraulic power. 08:08:52 GMT – Engine 1 fuel cutoff switch transitioned from CUTOFF to RUN. 08:08:56 GMT – Engine 2 fuel cutoff switch also transitions from CUTOFF to RUN. "When fuel control switches are moved from CUTOFF to RUN while the aircraft is inflight, each engines full authority dual engine control (FADEC) automatically manages a relight and thrust recovery sequence of ignition and fuel introduction." "Engine 1's core deceleration stopped, reversed and started to progress to recovery. Engine 2 was able to relight but could not arrest core speed deceleration and re-introduced fuel repeatedly to increase core speed acceleration and recovery." 08:09:05 GMT – One of the pilots transmitted 'MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY". 08:09:11 GMT – Data recording stopped. 08:14:44 GMT – Crash fire tender left the airport premises for rescue and firefighting. REUTERS
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Spain must improve defence against counter attacks, says Patri
BERN, Switzerland - Spain will have to defend better against teams that hit them on the counter-attack as they go into the knockout stages of the Women's Euros, midfielder Patri said on Friday after their 3-1 win over Italy. Patri scored a second-half goal as her side, the reigning world and Nations League champions who are attempting to add a European crown, secured top place in Group B with a perfect nine points from three games to set up a quarter-final against hosts Switzerland in Bern in a week's time. The 27-year-old Patri said that it was only natural that, with Spain dominating possession, teams would try to hit them on the break. "We see with the goals that transitions are important -- sometimes it's dead balls and we're not strong enough, these actions we have to study and improve. With transitions we like to keep the ball, we try to overwhelm the opponent and it's normal that they try to get us during transitions," she told reporters. "We have to talk and to be aware of where the ball is." After a shaky start, Spain took command and barely let the Italians, who also progressed from the group, touch the ball, but that did not mean that it was an easy game for the Spaniards. "It was hard, we knew Italy would be very intense, very strong, but we adjusted our pressure, trying to do better in some actions from the middle and on the wings, we wanted to be there more," Patri explained. Top stories Swipe. Select. Stay informed. Asia India finds engine switch movement in fatal Air India crash, no immediate action for Boeing or GE Business F&B operators face tougher business landscape amid rising costs and stiff competition Business What's in store for policyholders after GE removes pre-authorisation letters for two private hospitals Singapore ST will have Govt's 'full confidence and support' in its mission: PM Wong Multimedia Which floor is this? Chongqing's maze-like environment powers its rise as a megacity Asia 'Woven air': Ancient fabric spun across history makes comeback amid lies and climate change Sport 'A step forward' for golfer Shannon Tan, who makes cut at Evian Championship Business 4 conditions that allow seniors with dementia to sign wills Coach Montserrat Tome has the best part of a week to work on transition defence with her players. "We'll continue improving. We are at the highest level, we play against very high quality teams like Italy," she told reporters. "We have to adjust what we need to adjust, and I'm confident we can continue as we have done." REUTERS
