"Respect Probe Process": Aviation Minister In Rajya Sabha On Air India Crash | Read
Union Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu has called for calm as investigations continue into the June 12 Air India plane crash in which 274 people were killed. A Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner took off from Ahmedabad airport that fateful afternoon but struggled to gain altitude; it lost thrust rapidly and crashed into a hostel building less than two km from the airport.
The country's aircraft accident investigator, the AAIB, has released a preliminary report into the crash that noted the plane's two fuel control switches moved, within a second of each other, from the 'RUN' to 'CUTOFF' positions while the flight was in a critical take-off phase.
