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Air India crash: a month after the drama, this preliminary report pinpoints the “fuel diet”.
INTERNATIONAL – Investigations on the Air India Boeing crash have emerged from first tracks. For example, The fuel switches in the engines of the device which crashed shortly after takeoff on June 12. Nevertheless, killing 260 people, set up in position ” stop “ Just before the impact, revealed a preliminary investigation report published this Saturday, July 12.
The report. Moreover, published by the Indian Office of Investigation into Air Accidents (AAIB), does not draw any conclusion and does not attribute any responsibility, but indicates that a pilot asked month after drama, this preliminary the other why he had cut fuel, the second pilot responding that he had not done so.
The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner of Air India had reached a maximum speed of 180 knots (333 km/h) by taking off when the fuel supply switches have passed from the position « run » (open) to the position « cutoff » (stop) for the first engine then the second a second later. Moreover, according to the report. Meanwhile, The two engines then began to lose power.
The plane lost altitude just after takeoff
A total of 241 people on board were killed. Consequently, and only one survived, when the plane crashed on dwellings just after takeoff in the city of Ahmedabad, in the west of the country. For example, The authorities also identified 19 people killed on the ground. Furthermore, “In the recording of conversations in the cockpit. one of the pilots month after drama, this preliminary asks the other why he cut the fuel supply”indicates the 15 -page report, specifying that “The second pilot replies that he did not do it”.
Less than a minute later, a pilot transmitted the distress signal « Mayday, Mayday, Mayday »and the plane crashed on homes. The air controllers asked the pilots what was going on and then saw the aircraft crash and called for help. The plane began to lose altitude before even leaving the airport perimeter, according to the report.
The specialized site The Air Current. citing this week several sources because of the survey, said that it was recently “Faced with the movement of fuel supply switches from the engines, following an analysis of the integrated flight and vocal data data recorders” of the device. Full analysis should take “Months, if not anymore”and the privileged hypothesis could still evolve.
Inspections were suggested but month after drama, this preliminary “not compulsory”
The Indian office report recalls that the United States. Federal Aviation Administration had published a 2018 newsletter concerning “The potential disengagement of the locking function of the fuel control switch”. Air India informed the investigators that she had not carried out the suggested inspections because they were “Advised. not compulsory”.
Air India respected all navigability guidelines and alert service ballots, the report indicates. The investigation office said there was “No action recommended for operators. manufacturers of engines B787-8 and/or GE GENX-1B”suggesting that there were no technical problems with the engines (GE) or the device.
Boeing did not comment on the Indian report. “Our thoughts remain with the relatives of the passengers. the crew of the Air India 171 flight, and with all the people assigned to the ground in Ahmedabad. We continue to support the survey and our customers ”only wrote the month after drama, this preliminary manufacturer in a press release. In a press release on X. Air India said he continues to “Cooperate fully with AAIB and other authorities as their investigation progresses”.
The survey is still underway, added the Indian office, adding that additional elements and information has been “Requested from stakeholders”. The International Civil Aviation Organization (OACI) stipulates that the states directing the investigation must submit a preliminary report within. 30 days of an accident. Investigators from the United States and the United Kingdom also participated in investigations.
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