Preliminary findings into last month’s Air India plane crash suggest the aircraft’s fuel control switches were turned off, causing a loss of engine thrust shortly after takeoff.

India’s initial findings into the crash of an Air India aircraft last month raise more questions, according to the airline’s Chief Executive Officer, who defended the fitness of the cockpit crew and the company’s track record of inspecting its fleet.

Amid ongoing investigations into the Air India Boeing 787-8 crash in Ahmedabad, aviation expert Captain Mohan Ranganathan suggests human error was the primary cause. As pilots' associations defend the crew's actions,