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A news report states: “Fuel control switches for the engines of an Air India flight that crashed last month were moved from the ‘run’ to the ‘cutoff’ position moments before impact, starving both engines of fuel, a preliminary investigation report said early Saturday. The report, issued by India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau, also indicated that both pilots were confused over the change to the switch setting, which caused a loss of engine thrust shortly after takeoff. The Air India flight—a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner—crashed on June 12 and killed at least 260 people, including 19 on the ground, in the northwestern city of Ahmedabad. Only one passenger survived the crash, which is one of India’s worst aviation disasters… Aviation expert and former airline pilot Terry Tozer said the engine cutoff switches being switched to off only seconds after takeoff was ‘absolutely bizarre. Unfortunately, the altitude was so low that the engines were only beginning to recover and they didn’t have enough time,’ Tozer told Sky News. The report also indicated confusion in the cockpit moments before the crash. In the flight’s final moment, one pilot was heard on the cockpit voice recorder asking the other why he cut off the fuel. ‘The other pilot responded that he did not do so,’ the report said.” Who turned off the flow of fuel to the engines and why?
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