According to AAIB report, fuel cutoff switches to both engines of AI171 aircraft activated soon after take-off

Ramesh and Ajay had travelled from Diu to Ahmedabad to catch Air India Flight AI 171 back to London. The aircraft, a Boeing 787-8, crashed into a medical college complex shortly after taking-off from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, killing 241 onboard of the 242 passengers aboard and 34 others on the ground.

A Golden Chassis from the United States helped download 49 hours of flight data from one of the black boxes of Air India's ill-fated Boeing 787-8 aircraft that crashed last month.

A preliminary finding into last month’s Air India plane crash has suggested the aircraft’s fuel control switches were turned off, starving the engines of fuel and causing a loss of engine thrust shortly after takeoff.

A month has gone by since the deadly crash of Air India's AI-171 London-bound flight in Ahmedabad, which left the whole nation in shock. Within 32 seconds after taking off, the aircraft was seen bursting into a ball of fire,

The 15-page report from the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), an office attached to the Ministry of Civil Aviation, has zeroed in on the most probable primary cause of the accident

The AAIB's preliminary report on the AI-171 crash hasn't recommended actions for Boeing 787-8 or GE GEnx-1B engine operators, pending further investig

In the aftermath of the tragic Ahmedabad plane crash on June 12, which killed nearly all passengers except one, new revelations from the preliminary investigation continue to raise critical questions.