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Preliminary report into Air India crash released

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314 points cjr | 1 comments | 11 Jul 25 20:23 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source
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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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1. 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.