Captain's father says AAIB implied his son cut fuel after Air India takeoff

Officials from India's Air Accident Investigation Bureau visited the father of the captain of the crashed Air India flight last month and, according to correspondence obtained by Reuters, implied the captain cut fuel to the aircraft's engines after takeoff.

Discovered 2025-09-25T03:32:13.281212-07:00 | 2025-09-25T03:32:13.281212-07:00

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What Hype is tracking

  • The allegation directly challenges the AAIB's probe into the June crash that killed 260 passengers and crew and focuses scrutiny on whether cockpit actions or system design caused the dual engine shutdown; see the AAIB finding on fuel-control switches moving to CUTOFF (https://hype.aero/?story=4bd780f2-68dd-4c7a-9f0a-1a01eac4c8a7).
  • The father's claim amplifies demands for transparency: investigators have recovered and decoded the black boxes (https://hype.aero/?story=9d06c6de-edec-4481-b5e5-36500cd22e26) and CVR transcripts already show the first officer questioned why fuel switches were moved to cutoff (https://hype.aero/?story=3547af64-b7dc-492a-87a5-ecb336703073).

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