Air India jet's fuel switches in focus, as crash preliminary report nears

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A preliminary report into the deadly crash of an Air India jetliner in June is expected to be released by Friday, three sources with knowledge of the matter said, with one adding the probe had narrowed its focus to the movement of the plane's fuel control switches.   The London-bound Boeing787 Dreamliner, which started losing height after reaching an altitude of 650 feet, crashed moments after takeoff from Ahmedabad, India, killing 241 of the 242 people on board and the rest on the ground.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/ptfbc6se  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A preliminary report into the deadly Air India crash in June is expected by Friday,

00:05with investigators focusing on the movement of the plane's engine fuel control switches.

00:10Analysis of flight and voice recorders, along with a Boeing simulation, helped narrow the probe's focus.

00:17So far, investigators have not identified any immediate mechanical failure on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner,

00:24and no changes to its operations have been recommended.

00:27Sources said the black boxes could not definitively determine whether improper, inadvertent or intentional actions

00:35occurred before or after the apparent loss of thrust that led to the crash.

00:40The London-bound plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad,

00:44killing 241 of the 242 people on board and others on the ground.

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