A preliminary report by AAIB reveals alarming details about the Air India Flight AI171 crash in Ahmedabad, which killed 260. Just after takeoff, both engines lost fuel supply, triggering a failed relight attempt on one engine. Pilots expressed confusion over the fuel cutoff. The Dreamliner crashed nose-up near a medical hostel, with debris scattered widely.

A month after the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad that killed 270 people, a preliminary report into the worst aviation accident in India in decades showed the engines’ fuel cutoff switches shifting from cutoff to run within seconds of each other.

The preliminary report of the investigation into the Air India Dreamliner crash in Ahmedabad on June 12 has been released and a key finding confirms what had been suspected – both engines of the plane had shut down mid-air within seconds of take-off.