Air India plane crash investigation suggests pilots may have made a fatal mistake just after takeoff

[FastLane]

It appears that the investigators are incompetent morons. OK, we know that the fuel switches were turned off. Instead of projecting current confusion onto the pilots, investigators should be considering all scenarios that would lead a pilot to shut off the fuel switches and report on that.

It was suicide by pilot.

 

[FastLane]

Fuel to the engines might be, and it might be that it is either assumed that the switches were switched or that this is a lie.

They know to the second when the switch's were turned off then to the second when they were turned back on again.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

Worse, the switches have a locking feature so you can't turn them off accidentally.

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/amid-air-india-probe-us-faa-boeing-notify-fuel-switch-locks-are-safe-document-2025-07-13/

The FAA and Boeing both have now said you can't turn them off accidentally.

 

[serendipity]

But they are more honest than the majority of the press in Europe or America.

Bullshit!

 

[FastLane]

Bullshit!

But they are more honest than the majority of the press in Europe or America.

That is an extremely low bar.

 

[Hawkeye10]

They know to the second when the switch's were turned off then to the second when they were turned back on again.

I am not so sure about that.....I think hacking is still an option.....and obviously lying is.

 

[FastLane]

Worse, the switches have a locking feature so you can't turn them off accidentally.

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/amid-air-india-probe-us-faa-boeing-notify-fuel-switch-locks-are-safe-document-2025-07-13/

The FAA and Boeing both have now said you can't turn them off accidentally.

Yep this was purposeful act. You can hear conversations between the two pilots.

 

[FastLane]

I am not so sure about that.....I think hacking is still an option.....and obviously lying is.

They are manual only and lock in place.

 

[anonymoose]

But they are more honest than the majority of the press in Europe or America.

Low bar. Very low.

 

[Hawkeye10]

They are manual only and lock in place.

There might be other ways to shut off the fuel.....I dont know for sure that the switches were ever switched in spite of the fact that we are told that they were....we now routinely get lied to about even the most important things.

I am awaiting more info, and more discussion from people I trust.

 

[Hawkeye10]

All of the outrage from pilots that one of the pilots is being blamed for this is a pretty good indication that they dont believe the story that is being spun.....and they should know.

 

[Hawkeye10]

They lied to us from back to front about COVID.....and the Russians.....they will lie about anything.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

Yep this was purposeful act. You can hear conversations between the two pilots.

And the fact that the engines were in restart when the plane crashed says it all.

 

[FastLane]

There might be other ways to shut off the fuel.....I dont know for sure that the switches were ever switched in spite of the fact that we are told that they were....we now routinely get lied to about even the most important things.

I am awaiting more info, and more discussion from people I trust.

There is no up link to the plane that can affect performance. That is why AI pilots would be huge problem.

 

[FastLane]

And the fact that the engines were in restart when the plane crashed says it all.

The fuel switches were turned off then one pilot said"why did you do that" to the other pilot. Then the fuel switches were turned back on. When the fuel switches were set to on again the plane was too close to the ground for the jet engines to spool up to full thrust again. The maximum altitude the plane ever reached was 400 feet. This was suicide/murder by pilot. The pilot's medical history suggests the lead pilot is at fault. The interim report does not specify which pilot turned the switches off.

 

[FastLane]

All of the outrage from pilots that one of the pilots is being blamed for this is a pretty good indication that they dont believe the story that is being spun.....and they should know.

These two pilots seem to be resigned to the fact that one of the pilots purposely turned the fuel to both engines off. They give an honest assessment of what the interim report says.

 

[Hawkeye10]

These two pilots seem to be resigned to the fact that one of the pilots purposely turned the fuel to both engines off. They give an honest assessment of what the interim report says.

Likely So.