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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi

Air India finds ‘no issues’ with fuel switches on other Boeings after crash

The back of Air India flight 171 plane after it crashed in a residential area near the airport in Ahmedabad
A preliminary report into the incident found the switches that controlled fuel going into the engines had been turned off just after the plane took off, causing the plane to crash. Photograph: Central Industrial Security Force/AFP/Getty Images

Air India has said it found “no issues” with the fuel switches on its other Boeing planes after the fatal crash that killed 260 people last month, as a US report suggested investigators have turned their attention to the actions of the plane’s captain.

A preliminary report into the incident, released last week, found that the switches that controlled fuel going into the engines had been turned off “one after another” just after the plane took off from Ahmedabad airport.

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