Friday, July 18, 2025

India rejects WSJ report that claims pilot turned off fuel switches

India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau has criticised a Wall Street Journal report that seemed to suggest that the captain of an Air India flight that crashed last month may have turned off the plane's fuel control switches.

A preliminary report released last week found that seconds after take off the plane's fuel control switches went from 'run' to 'cut off', stalling the plane's ascent.

All but one passenger onboard that London-bound Air India flight died in the crash, one of the worst aviation disasters globally in recent history.

Neha Poonia has more.

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