Engine fuel supply was cut just before Air India jet crash, preliminary report says

A cut in the fuel supply to the engines caused last month’s Air India crash that killed 260 people, a preliminary report has found. The London-bound plane had barely left the runway at Ahmedabad airport when it hurtled back to earth. Everyone on board was killed, except for one passenger. According to the report by India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau, obtained by CNN, the fuel control switches in the cockpit of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner had been flipped, starving the engines of fuel. The report does not say whether the control switches were flipped by a person or in another way.

Arunima from CNN affiliate News-18 and CNN's Richard Quest report. CNN's Fredricka Whitfield also speaks with CNN aviation safety analyst David Soucie. #cnn #News