Air India finds no fault in Boeing fuel switches
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Air India has inspected its entire fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliners and Boeing 737 planes following the horror crash last month, which killed 261 people, including dozens of Brits
PEOPLE spoke to aviation expert Anthony Brickhouse about the tragic June 12 crash that killed 241 passengers and crew members. A black box recording suggested the captain of the ill-fated Air India flight had turned off the plane’s fuel switches shortly before the crash.
Sumeet Sabharwal, 56, was the captain on the flight, while Clive Kunder, 32, was the co-pilot who was flying the plane. Together, the two pilots had more than 19,000 hours of flight experience - nearly half of it on the Boeing 787. Both had passed all pre-flight health checks before the crash.
The cockpit voices inside the Air India flight has ignited controversy over which pilot moved fuel switches before the tragic crash.
An official report on the world’s deadliest aviation accident in a decade, seen by CNN, has answered one key question – but raised others.
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GB News on MSNBritish families of Air India crash victims sent wrong bodies of loved ones in catastrophic blunderBritish families of the victims of the Air India crash have been sent the wrong bodies of their loved ones in a devastating series of administrative errors. At least two families have been sent the wrong person's body or mixed remains from multiple victims.
The left engine separated from the aircraft and struck the north corner of this building at ground level. The aircraft's right engine was found resting beneath a concrete water tank on the building's rooftop. The tail section of the aircraft was found embedded in the building's northeast wall and was later moved to the ground.
Authorities released a preliminary report on the Air India crash, following an investigation. The London-bound flight from Ahmedabad crashed minutes into the June 12 flight. Only one passenger of the 242 passengers and flight crew survived.
Following the horror crash last month, which killed 261 people, including dozens of Brits, Air India has inspected its entire fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliners and Boeing 737 planes.
At least 31 people, including 25 children, were killed when the military jet crashed into the Milestone School and College in the capital Dhaka's Uttara area on Monday.