Chilling Air India warning – six years before crash that killed 241 passengers on board

Air India was warned about fuel switches that were incorrectly established more than six years ago before an accident that killed 260 people, and appeared yesterday.

Inspectors investigate that the two fuel keys in the Air India Flight 171 in the cockpit were closed shortly after the departure, which causes a disaster loss of power and a planes fall to the ground.

” Locking feature ‘keys meant that the pilots had to remove them before changing their position.

However, a preliminary report by the Indian Aircraft Investigation Bureau yesterday, in December 2018, the US Air Regulator Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) airlines, some Boeing 737s warned that fuel keys were separated, he said.

FAA warned in a special flight information bulletin, “If the locking feature is allocated, the key between the two positions during the transition can be moved between the two locations and the key is accidentally exposed to operation potential.”

‘The switch may result in an undesirable result such as accidental operation and engine closure on the flight.’

It is recommended to review the switches, including whether the airlines can be moved between the two locations without removing the switch of the fuel control switch.

Air India, FAA’s newsletter ‘consultancy and not compulsory’ such inspections have not been made, he said.

According to the Indian government’s plane accident investigation office, burnt fuel control switches that were recovered by the cockpit by researchers were found in the ‘running’ position. The reports said there were indicators that the engines reigned before the low allegor accident.

However, the report stressed that the maintenance records of the aircraft, which contains two fuel switches of the cockpit, showed that the gas butterfly control module was replaced in 2019 and 2023.

Each time the decision was not linked to the keys, and in the last two years, the defect has not been reported.

A Air India spokesman said: ‘Air India is standing in solidarity with families and the AI171 accident.

“ As the investigations progress, we continue to cooperate with the plane crash investigation office and other officials. ‘

Is it a mechanical error or deliberate by making an accident in the collision with the mystery of the disaster that left the disaster that left the disaster that left the 241 passengers dead in Air India?

The mourning relatives of Air India Crash’s victims expressed their pain among a mystery that deepened how the Jetin fuel supply was closed a few seconds before the disaster.

Ahmedabad, who killed 260 people including 52 British citizens last month, a report to the accident near India, just a few seconds after taking off, both Boeing 787 Dreamliner’s fuel control switches moved to the ‘cutting’ position, he left the fuel motors hungry and trigge the total loss of power.

A pilot was heard in the sound recorder of the plane, asked the pilot why he had cut off the fuel supply – just to answer that he didn’t do it.

Shortly after – there is not enough time for one of the engines to restart – the plane hit a medical hostel. 241 passengers and crews and 19 people were killed on the ground. 40 -year -old Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, a businessman from Leicester, was the only surviving person sitting in the seat 11a.

Dr. Royal Derby Hospital is a radiologist. Prateek Joshi’s friend Dr. Mario Donadi described the report as ‘shocking’ and ‘slap’ to his face.

‘How [can] Something very trivial [as] Does a simple key lead to such a loss of life, great dreams? ” Said BBC Radio 4’s program today.

Bhaval Shah, the family friend of the sacrifice Kinal Mrist: ‘If these switches cannot be easily closed and no software disruption is responsible, is it deliberate, right? Then sabotage or suicide. ‘

The 15 -page report of the Indian Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) threw a spotlight on two small fuel keys located just below the push arms in the cockpit.

Ahmedabad killed 260 people, including 52 British citizens last month.

The Tailend of Air India Flight 171 was depicted on 12 June 2025 in a settlement near the airport in Ahmedabad.

Air India said that the captain of the flight, Sumeet Sabharwal (left), has more than 10,000 hours of extensive body or larger aircraft, and that joint pilot Clive Kunder has more than 3,400 hours of flight experience

The report, 12 -year -old Jet of Gatwick Airport, 54.200kg fuel, including ‘permission’ was within the limits of weight. However, three seconds later, fuel switches suddenly moved from ‘Working’ position to ‘cutting’.

Inspectors say it has a locking feature designed to prevent accidental activation of switches. A pilot must pull the key up before moving it to its new position. Protective protection parentheses protect them further than accidental impacts.

BBC, “ “ Anonymous Air accident researcher who wants to stay anonymous, ‘Both keys would be almost impossible to attract from one hand with a single movement and this accident is not possible to deploy,’ ‘he said.

The two keys were turned by one second, in the report – when it takes time to shift roughly, the other is the US aviation expert John Nence.

The report emphasizes the creepy moment in which a pilot discovered a disaster error, error or deliberate sabotage action. ‘The cockpit sounds, one of the pilots asks the other why he cuts. The other pilot said he didn’t do it. ‘

In increasing tension, a Pilots Union said that ‘the tone and direction of the investigation proposes a prejudice for pilot error’. Captain Sam Thomas of the Indian Airline Pilots Association, the organization ‘was surprised by the confidentiality surrounding these investigations’ and ‘appropriate qualified personnel were not taken to the ship for the investigation’, he said.

Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu called the people to ‘wait for the final report’: ‘We care about the welfare and welfare of the pilots, so let’s not jump to any conclusion at this stage.’ His brother, brother -in -law and two children died in the accident Ittiyaz Ali, was disappointed with the findings. “ Except for the last speech of the pilots, there is nothing really pointing to what caused the accident. We want to know exactly what happened.

“ Now we will not change anything for us, we continue to sorrow – just like that day. But at least we will have some answers. ‘

Rafiq Dawood, who died after moving to England five years ago, said: ‘We don’t know the fuel switch or other technical details. The truth is that we lost our son. ‘Deepti Sawhney, who lost three family members, told News Channel Ndtv:’ We must have a free, fair and transparent investigation. There are many heavy weights to save their skin – Air India, Boeing -. Families should take the truth. ‘

His brother, brother -in -law and two children, 59 -year -old Badasab Syed said: ‘The report talks about the fuel control switch and the pilots discussing who closed a possible problem. We don’t know what this means. Could it be prevented? ‘The report reveals that in seconds before the accident, pilots have returned to’ run ‘to’ run ‘and the two systems are trying to give’ again ” ‘again’ ‘. But it’s too late – 11 seconds before the effect, a pilot said: ‘Mayday, Mayday, Mayday.’

Findings using photographs and diagrams detail how the aircraft hit the trees and the chimney first before entering the hostel of BJ Medical College and five buildings adjacent to a mile from the track. The tail section and the descent equipment were found buried in a building. The rest of the wreck was spread over 1,000FT x 400FT.

Pilots captain Sumeet Sabharwal 56 -year -old 15,638 flight time, 32 -year -old Clive Kunder had 3,403. Mr. Kunder, while flying Dreamliner, while Mr. Sabharwal watches him – although he was uncertain from the report that says what happened during the recording. The last report will be published next year.

Boeing said: ‘Our thoughts remain with the loved ones of the passengers and crew.

Air India Flight 171, as well as anyone affected by the ground in Ahmedabad. We continue to support the investigation. ‘