Preliminary reports of the Bureau of Investigation (AAIB) have been revealed about the Air India flight AI-171 aircraft accident in Ahmedabad on June 12. According to the report, just before the accident, the pilots tried to start both engines again, but due to lack of time, they could not succeed in it. Now on this, former Civil Aviation Minister and Rajiv Pratap Rudy (trained pilot), a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee, said that the aircraft was technically fully well and suitable for flight.

He said, “According to the report, there was no technical fault in the aircraft. The engine and other flight systems were completely normal. The initial investigation makes it clear that the aircraft regularly took off.” He said, “The aircraft was so low that the automatic FADEC system (which turns on the engine) could not work. If the aircraft had been at 10,000 feet or at height, perhaps both engines would have turned on again.” He also said that maybe the monitoring pilot captain Sabarwal may not have adopted the necessary steps in the re-light process according to the memory checklist.

Shocking revelations in AAIB’s 15 -page preliminary report

Shocking facts have been revealed in the preliminary report of the 15 -page AAIB Bureau of Investigation (AAIB). According to the report, the aircraft had gained a maximum speed of 180 knots while flying around 8:08 am, but after just 1 second, both the engine’s fuel cut-off switch suddenly moved to the ‘Cutoff’ position from ‘Run’. Due to this, fuel stopped reaching the engine and the speed of both engines (N1 and N2 rotation) started falling rapidly.

The most surprising thing is that the conversation recorded in the cockpit voice recorder shows that the two pilots were unaware of the incident of this engine. According to the report, chief pilot Sumit Sabarwal asked C-Pilot Clive Kunder, “Why did you stop the fuel?” To this, the co-pilot replied, “I did nothing.”

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