Overview

• The AAIB’s preliminary report finds that the Boeing 787-8’s fuel-control switches shifted to “cutoff” for one engine at 180 knots and for the second one one second later, immediately cutting off fuel.
• Both engines lost power within seconds, and cockpit recordings capture one pilot asking why the fuel was shut off while the other denied doing so.
• The 15-page report assigns no blame and notes that definitive conclusions await a months-long review of flight-data and cockpit-voice recorders.
• Investigators and regulators are re-examining a 2018 FAA safety bulletin on potential fuel-switch lock disengagement after Air India bypassed the recommended, non-mandatory inspections.
• On June 12, the aircraft crashed into residential housing near Ahmedabad airport, killing 241 onboard and 19 on the ground, leaving a single survivor and marking the first fatal accident for Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner.