United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chair Jennifer Homendy described recent media reports about the Air India Boeing Dreamliner crash that killed 260 people as “premature and speculative.”
India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) released a preliminary report last week, noting apparent confusion in the cockpit shortly before the June 12 crash. The findings also raised new concerns regarding the placement of the plane’s critical engine fuel cutoff switches.
A cockpit voice recording between the flight’s two pilots appears to support the assessment that the captain shut off fuel supply to the engines, Reuters reported Thursday, citing a source familiar with the early evaluation by U.S. officials.
Homendy emphasized that investigations of this scale require time and confirmed that the NTSB continues to support AAIB’s ongoing investigation.
With inputs from Reuters
India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) released a preliminary report last week, noting apparent confusion in the cockpit shortly before the June 12 crash. The findings also raised new concerns regarding the placement of the plane’s critical engine fuel cutoff switches.
A cockpit voice recording between the flight’s two pilots appears to support the assessment that the captain shut off fuel supply to the engines, Reuters reported Thursday, citing a source familiar with the early evaluation by U.S. officials.
Homendy emphasized that investigations of this scale require time and confirmed that the NTSB continues to support AAIB’s ongoing investigation.
With inputs from Reuters
