{"id":16593,"date":"2025-07-12T14:41:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T14:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=16593"},"modified":"2025-07-12T14:41:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T14:41:30","slug":"aviation-expert-explains-why-cause-of-air-india-crash-sounds-deliberate-after-first-findings-are-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=16593","title":{"rendered":"Aviation expert explains why cause of Air India crash \u2018sounds deliberate\u2019 after first findings are released"},"content":{"rendered":"

Air India’s flight crashed 30 seconds after take off, killing 260 people<\/h2>\n

Now that the cause of the Air India crash has been determined by a preliminary report, an expert has revealed why the incident sounds like it could be a deliberate act.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Just recently, it was announced that the cause of the\u00a0Air India<\/a>\u00a0plane\u2019s crash, which claimed the lives of 260 people, was caused by a button that helped the plane fly being switched off.<\/p>\n

The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner caused devastation on June 12 when it struck a medical college hostel in Ahmedabad, India, at 1.38pm (local time)\u00a0shortly after takeoff<\/a>.<\/p>\n

With 242 passengers and crew on board the aircraft, all sadly died except 40-year-old British national\u00a0Vishwash Kumar Ramesh<\/a>, who managed to walk out of the wreckage in a miraculous event.<\/p>\n

However, another 19 people died after the plane crashed into the hostel just a mile from the runway.<\/p>\n

Since the ordeal, many have speculated as to why the plane\u00a0crashed within 30 seconds<\/a>\u00a0of taking off, and a\u00a0cockpit recording has revealed<\/a>\u00a0to investigators that an exchange between the pilot and co-pilot revealed the answer.<\/p>\n

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The Air India crash killed 260 people on June 12 (SAM PANTHAKY\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

The report from the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau was published yesterday (July 11), which found that the two men had been in a conversation regarding why fuel supplies to the engines were cut off before the crash.<\/p>\n

One of the pilots asked the other why they had cut off the engines, and they denied doing it.<\/p>\n

It read: “The aircraft achieved the maximum recorded airspeed of 180 Knots IAS [indicated airspeed] at about 08:08:42 UTC [Coordinated Universal Time – which India Standard Time is five-and-a-half hours ahead of] and immediately thereafter, the Engine 1 and Engine 2 fuel cutoff switches transitioned from RUN to CUTOFF position one after another with a time gap of 01 sec.<\/p>\n

“The Engine N1 and N2 began to decrease from their take-off values as the fuel supply to the engines was cut off.”<\/p>\n

While pilots generally cut off the engines after the plane lands, they typically only do it in the air if there is an emergency, for instance, a fire in the engines.<\/p>\n

However, cutting both engines is a rare case.<\/p>\n

The report does not indicate there was any emergency that required the pilots to cut the fuel supply, but it also doesn\u2019t conclude how the switches moved to that position.<\/p>\n

For aviation expert David Learmount, \u2018it sounds deliberate\u2019, but he added \u2018there are cases of pilots carrying out an incorrect action instead of what they should be doing\u2019.<\/p>\n

He\u00a0told<\/a>\u00a0Sky News that all the pilots had to do at the time was to retract the plane’s undercarriage, but they did not do this.<\/p>\n

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An aviation expert explains why the crash could have been deliberate (Raju Shinde\/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

He added: “Was that it? These switches are nowhere near the undercarriage lever and look totally different.<\/p>\n

“The fuel switches cannot be turned on or off by mistake. They have to be pulled out before selecting up (run) or down (cut off).”<\/p>\n

Tim Atkinson, a pilot and aviation consultant, also told Sky News: “One would be an utterly extraordinary human error, an unintentional act, and the other – I’m very sorry to say – would be an intentional act.<\/p>\n

“And that’s not a suggestion or allegation, it’s simply an analysis of the small amount of information that we have at hand at this moment.”<\/p>\n

Even though one of the engines was able to be restarted, it was unable to reverse the plane’s deceleration, as per the report.<\/p>\n

The report said: “At this stage of investigation, there are no recommended actions to Boeing 787-8 and\/or GE GEnx-1B engine operators and manufacturers.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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