Fuel switches cut off before Air India crash, report says
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Investigators probing the June crash of Air India Flight 171, which killed 260 people, have uncovered a perplexing clue:
Bhubaneswar's Biju Patnaik International Airport faces safety risks from an illegal Jagamara market complex and tall trees obstructing flight paths, despite post-Ahmedabad crash audits.
Pramila Patil, mother of crew member Maithili Patil, who died in the ill-fated Air India plane crash on June 12, reacted to the preliminary report of the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau and said Air India can't cause such negligence.
AAIB has released its preliminary report on the June 12 Ahmedabad plane crash saying that both engines failed within seconds of takeoff.
In the aftermath of a devastating crash that claimed 260 lives, Air India has issued a formal statement in response to the preliminary report released by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) on 12 July.
Immigration authorities at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad apprehended a man who arrived from Germany on a fake passport. The airport police have registered a case and launched an investigation against two suspected agents.
The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has released its preliminary report into the fatal Boeing 787-8 plane crash on June 12 that killed 260 people.
They had already said their final goodbyes once. To go through that agony again... it was too much for them to endure,” an official said.