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Engine fuel supply was cut just before Air India jet crash, preliminary report says
A cut in the fuel supply to the engines caused last month s Air India crash that killed 260 people, a preliminary report has found.
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A cut in the fuel supply to the engines caused last month's Air India crash that killed 260 people, a preliminary report has found. According to the report by India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau, obtained by CNN, the fuel control switches in the cockpit of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner had been flipped, starving the engines of fuel.
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