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A new investigation into the AI 171 crash has emerged, with The Wall Street Journal and several Western media reports pointing to potential pilot error as a key factor. The findings cite supposed ...
Fully loaded aircraft, pilot manually controlling with both hands (no autopilot immediately after takeoff), looking forward ...
In an official statement dated 16 July, the FIP expressed its dissatisfaction with the exclusion of pilot representatives ...
The 787 fuel‑control levers require a deliberate two‑step “pull‑out then toggle” action. That fact will inform the months ahead.
Following the AAIB's preliminary report into the Air India AI 171 plane crash on 12 June 2025, social media users shared ...
A new report suggests the fuel flow to the engines of the crashed Air India Boeing 787 was cut by the captain shortly after ...
Passengers on an IndiGo flight from Delhi to Goa faced a mid-air scare on July 16 after the pilot issued a ‘PAN-PAN’ call to ...
The AAIB report released on July 12 claimed that the London-bound Air India flight had experienced a “fuel cut off” seconds after taking off from Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International ...
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Investigators later found that the aircraft’s software had mistakenly interpreted the plane as being on the ground, triggering the thrust control malfunction accommodation system, which automatically ...
India's inspection of the locking feature on the fuel control switches of its existing Boeing 787 aircraft found no issues, ...