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CVR Reveals Co-Pilot Questioned Captain’s Fuel Shutoff on Air India Flight 171

Cockpit voice recorder transcripts from doomed Air India Flight 171 show the first officer asked the more experienced captain why he moved the Boeing 787’s fuel-supply switches to cutoff shortly after lift-off. The June crash near Ahmedabad killed 260 passengers and crew, shifting attention to cockpit actions in the ongoing probe.

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CVR Reveals Co-Pilot Questioned Captain’s Fuel Shutoff on Air India Flight 171 Cockpit voice recorder transcripts from doomed Air India Flight 171 show the first officer asked the more experienced captain why he moved the Boeing 787’s fuel-supply switches to cutoff shortly after lift-off. The June crash near Ahmedabad killed 260 passengers and crew, shifting attention to cockpit actions in the ongoing probe.

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CVR Reveals Co-Pilot Questioned Captain’s Fuel Shutoff on Air India Flight 171

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Beechcraft B200 King Air Crashes on Takeoff, Shuts London Southend Airport

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