Air India crash report raises a new mystery
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International airlines from South Korea and India are preparing to inspect its Boeing fleets following findings from the Air India crash investigation.
By David Shepardson and Dan Catchpole (Reuters) -A cockpit recording of dialogue between the two pilots of the Air India flight that crashed last month indicates the captain cut the flow of fuel to the plane's engines,
The Federation of Indian Pilots said that the report lacks comprehensive data and relies on cockpit recordings, “suggesting pilot error” and “questioning the professional competence” of the crew
The deadly Air India crash last month has renewed a decades-old debate in the aviation industry over installing video cameras monitoring airline pilot actions to complement the cockpit voice and flight data recorders already used by accident investigators.
As fresh scrutiny surrounds Boeing after the Air India AI 171 crash, aviation expert Mary Schiavo reveals that a similar fuel cut-off malfunction plagued a Japanese Boeing 787 in 2019 — with pilots never touching the controls.
Campbell Wilson told staff in a memo that the pilots had passed a mandatory preflight breathalyzer test.