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Preliminary report into Air India crash released

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341 points cjr | 1 comments | 11 Jul 25 20:23 UTC | HN request time: 0.344s | source
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melenaboija ◴[12 Jul 25 06:16 UTC] No.44539771[source]▶
I'm completely ignorant about this matter, but why is it even possible to cut off fuel while taking off? Shouldn't there be a control that completely disables this? Is there actually a situation where cutting off both engines could be necessary and wouldn't lead to a catastrophe?
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Yokolos ◴[12 Jul 25 06:26 UTC] No.44539810[source]▶
Engine fire requires you to cut fuel to the affected engine.
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1. cco ◴[12 Jul 25 11:41 UTC] No.44541335[source]▶
Pretty sure nearly all runbooks have you first move the thrust lever to idle before cutting off fuel. That suggests you shouldn't be able to cut fuel independently of the throttle.