Explainer: What are the fuel switches at the centre of the Air India crash probe?

By Martin Shwenk Leade

Explainer: What are the fuel switches at the centre of the Air India crash probe?

A cockpit recording from the crashed Air India flight indicates the captain may have cut fuel flow to the engines shortly after takeoff, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The first officer questioned the captain’s action of moving the fuel switches to ‘CUTOFF,’ but the captain denied doing so.

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