Air India CEO Campbell Wilson urges staff not to jump to “premature conclusions” after preliminary findings shift the focus to possible pilot error ...

Dreamliner bound for London Gatwick, crashed shortly after take off from Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on June 12, killing 241 of the total 242 onboard and 19 others on ...

The interim report on Air India AI 171 crash on June 12 indicated that the fuel switches were transitioned from 'Run' to 'Cutoff' position that halted fuel supply to the engines.

At least two pilot unions in India have strongly rebutted speculation that pilot error or intentional action caused the crash ...

Patna (2000), Mangaluru (2010), and Kozhikode (2020) -- could offer critical safety lessons for the ongoing investigation.

Apparent gaps in AAIB’s preliminary report means that while a key factor in the disaster—cutting of the fuel supply—has been ...

Indian social media is abuzz with netizens calling out Western media for ‘biased’ reporting on the Air India flight crash ...

Boeing fuel switches are facing renewed global scrutiny after last month’s deadly Air India crash that killed 260 people. A ...

IFALPA has urged caution regarding the preliminary probe report on the Air India plane crash, emphasising it contains only initial findings.

The FAA directive specifically called attention to fuel shutoff valve actuators, raising them as a possible safety hazard.

These switches cannot be accidentally or gently moved by pilots operating a flight. The fuel cutoff switches are spring-loaded to remain firmly in place. They operate in two modes — “CUTOFF” and “RUN” ...

Air India CEO and managing director Campbell Wilson, however, urged everyone not to draw any conclusions as the report has not identified any cause of the accident or made any recommendations.