Air India crash report: Simon Calder explains how flight was ‘doomed’ without sufficient power
Air India crash report: Simon Calder takes a closer look at findings
- Indian aviation accident investigators have released a preliminary report into last month's Air India crash.
- The report found that the fuel supply to the engines was cut off just seconds after the flight took off.
- This occurred because fuel control switches were moved to the 'cut-off' position as the aircraft ascended.
- The London Gatwick-bound flight crashed in a residential area of Ahmedabad on 12 June, killing 260 people.
- Watch Simon Calder’s expert analysis above.