Major: Fuel To Engines On Fatal Air India Crash Was Cut Off During Takeoff

Preliminary reports from Air India flight 171 have identified that the two engine fuel control switches had been transitioned to CUTOFF, three seconds after the aircraft transitioned from the ground to the air. This subsequently resulted in the shutdown of both of the 11-year-old Boeing 787-8 engines. Cockpit voice recorders have witnessed the pilots questioning why the other switched it to CUTOFF, with the pilot in question responding that they hadn’t touched it.