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Air India plane crash report: Engine fuel switches cut off before crash that killed 260 (Original Post) Jacson6 Jul 2025 OP
How long before some U.S. news outlets find a way to blame President Biden? usaf-vet Jul 2025 #1
lol purple_haze Jul 2025 #3
The switches can only be turned off manually VMA131Marine Jul 2025 #2

VMA131Marine

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2. The switches can only be turned off manually
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 11:09 AM
Jul 2025

And they were reset to the “RUN” position after about 10 seconds, but it was too late for the engines to spool up enough to prevent the crash.

Pilot error!

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