Fuel control switches were switched from "run" to "cutoff", before an Air India plane crashed last month, a preliminary investigation report by India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Burea revealed early on Saturday.
Shortly after takeoff, and once the plane reached its top recorded speed of 180 knots, “the Engine 1 and Engine 2 fuel cutoff switches transitioned from RUN to CUTOFF position one after another" within a second, which caused a loss of engine thrust moments after it left the runway, the report revealed.