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What is a ‘black box’ and what can it tell us about the Air India plane crash
A preliminary report into last month’s Air India plane crash has suggested the aircraft’s fuel control switches were turned off, starving the engines of fuel and causing a loss of engine thrust ...
What the ‘black box’ can tell us about plane crashes
A preliminary finding into last month's Air India plane crash has suggested the aircraft's fuel control switches were turned ...
Mint Explainer | What caused the Air India crash: Malfunction or human error?
The fuel control switches on the London-bound Boeing 787 Dreamliner transitioned from “RUN” to “CUTOFF” within one second, ...
What is the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), probing the Ahmedabad flight crash?
The AAIB’s 15-page report stated that the two engine fuel control switches onboard transitioned from ‘RUN’ to ‘CUTOFF’ ...