Air India Crash Probe Zeroes In On Captain’s Actions After WSJ Reports Fuel Cutoff From Cockpit Recording | India News

The current investigation in the collapse of the Air India flight, which killed 260 people in Ahmedabad on June 12, drew the attention of the behavior of the plane captain reported in Wall Street Journal on Wednesday.

Referring to the sources close to the first reports of US officials, the newspaper reported that a cockpit audio recorder confirmed that Captain Sumeet Sabharwal’s fuel switches in the “cutting” position of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner in seconds.

Senior Officer Clive Kunder, “Pilot Flight” on the plane, is largely questioning Sabharwal about the sudden fuel closure of the band. The first officer has more than 15,600 flights against 3,400 hours, the captain said he did not carry out the action.

The Indian Aircraft Accident Investigation Office (AAIB) issued a preliminary report on Saturday, indicating that fuel switches for both engines really switched from “Koş” to “Cutoff” immediately after the departure. However, this first report did not specify how these switches were manipulated.

Without fuel flow, he headed to London, the motor pushing and height rapidly lost. The closed -circuit television video at the airport seized the deployment of a Ram Air Turbine (Rat) with a Ram Air turbine (RAT) shortly after taking off, which showed the loss of disaster of the motor power.

The inspectors discovered both fuel keys in the “work” position on the accident scene, and there were signs that both engines were trying to start again before the low altitude effect.

In a note to Air India employees on Monday, CEO Campbell Wilson said that the first report is sure that all the necessary maintenance is done, as well as no indication of mechanical or maintenance problems related to the aircraft. AAIB pre -findings also did not make any security suggestions for Boeing, aircraft manufacturer or engine manufacturer GE.

After the publication of the first report, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Boeing, Reuters and a document obtained by a document obtained by the four -knowledgeable sources, the Boeing plane re -re -re -released proclaimed notifications on the fuel key security. The investigation continued as the authorities tried to clarify the exact cause of this disaster air tragedy.