Air India 787 Crash Being Investigated As 'Criminal Act,' Says Safety Expert

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Guy Norris July 23, 2025

LAS VEGAS—India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) is now looking into the June 12 crash of an Air India Boeing 787-8 as an intentional act, says veteran safety consultant and former NTSB investigator Greg Feith.

The AAIB’s preliminary report on July 12 revealed that fuel cutoff switches for the 787’s two GE Aerospace GEnx-1B engines were transitioned from “run” to “cutoff” around three seconds after takeoff from Ahmedabad Airport. Although both fuel switches were turned back on within a further 14 sec., the aircraft was too low to recover and impacted trees and buildings, killing 241 of 242 occupants on the 787 and 19 on the ground.

The AAIB has criticized subsequent western media reports as “irresponsible” for indicating the fuel cutoff switches were likely deliberately moved by one of the pilots. However, Feith says: “It has become very apparent, especially now with information I know and what's come out about the cockpit voice recorder—where the question is heard ‘why did you cut off the fuel?’—[that] somebody had to have seen that action to make that statement. You just wouldn’t have a dual-engine failure.”

https://aviationweek.com/air-transport/safety-ops-regulation/air-india-787-crash-being-investigated-criminal-act-says-safety

This is just messed up..............
To physically move those two twitches out of the detent position ( from run to cut-off) and then move them back..................killing all on board and those on the ground..................what a sick person...................

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1. Jumping to conclusions are we?

[Irish_Dem]

2. It is not jumping to conclusions. It is a theory based on the facts and the expert's comments.

[malaise]

3. Interesting

The cockpit voice recording captures one pilot asking the other why "did he cut-off", to which the person replies that he didn't. The recording doesn't clarify who said what. At the time of take-off, the co-pilot was flying the aircraft while the captain was monitoring

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The co-pilot’s mother was a flight attendant with Air India for 33 years. His sister is also a pilot and she flew the aircraft for her mother’s last flight.
Mummy was clearly away from home for a lot of their childhood.

I will keep an open mind on this one given facts to date and culture.
Anything is possible.

[marble falls]

4. Theories are unproven conclusions.