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Preliminary report into Air India crash released

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294 points cjr | 5 comments | 11 Jul 25 20:23 UTC | HN request time: 0.229s | source
1. rawgabbit ◴[11 Jul 25 20:33 UTC] No.44536532[source]▶
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       As we just reported, the report says that according to data from the flight recorder both the fuel control switches, which are normally used to switch the engines on or off when on the ground, were moved from the run to the cutoff position shortly after takeoff.  This caused both engines to lose thrust.
The preliminary report suggests this is pilot error.
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2. lazharichir ◴[11 Jul 25 20:51 UTC] No.44536682[source]▶
From my (limited) understanding you cannot really switch these off inadvertently as they require a couple of actions in order to be switched off. So it would mean one of the pilots switched these off (and they were a few seconds later switched on again but it was too late).

But there was audio, too, and one pilot asked the other "why did you switch these off" and the second one said "I didn't".

Was there are third one in the jump seat?

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3. rawgabbit ◴[11 Jul 25 20:56 UTC] No.44536720[source]▶
The report only said the copilot was flying and the pilot was monitoring.
4. fracus ◴[11 Jul 25 21:57 UTC] No.44537166[source]▶
Sounds likely that one of them was sabotaging the flight.
5. zihotki ◴[11 Jul 25 22:26 UTC] No.44537386[source]▶
It does not suggest that. It only says they were turned off and no other conclusion given.