In the cockpit voice recording, one of the pilots is heard asking the other why he "did the cut-off", the other pilot replied ...

The AAIB report, released earlier in the day, revealed that both fuel control switches supplying fuel to the engines were turned off seconds after take-off, leading to complete engine shutdown.

A leading aviation safety expert has suggested that the fatal crash of Air India Flight 171 may have been the result of deliberate human action, raising, for the first time, the possibility of a pilot ...