Air India to review preliminary investigation report of Ahmedabad plane crash with pilot community in dedicated sessions.

Investigators are probing the wreckage and cockpit recorders to understand what went wrong just after take-off. The Air India flight climbed to 625 feet in clear weather before losing location data 50 seconds in, per Flightradar24. Saturday's 15-page report offers early insights.

A preliminary report by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau reveals shocking details from the cockpit recordings of the Air India flight 171 crash.

According to a preliminary report, a fuel supply cutoff caused both engines of Air India Flight AI 117 to shut down seconds after takeoff.

The preliminary report on the Air India Boeing 787 crash indicates that a sudden and unexplained fuel cutoff to both engines was the immediate cause of the disaster. With no evidence of sabotage or technical defect so far, the focus remains on the cockpit actions and the design of the fuel control system.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Investigators probing a deadly Air India crash said in a preliminary report that the aircraft's engine fuel switches were flipped to an off position briefly, leading to confusion in the cockpit and putting focus on the pilots flying the Boeing 787.

Following is a timeline of key events in the investigation to date: An Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner bound for London crashes shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad city, killing all but one of the 242 people on board.

Cockpit recordings from the Air India crash reveal pilot confusion after fuel cutoff switches mysteriously flipped during takeoff, causing engines to lose power in the disaster.

Aviation analyst John Nance discusses the preliminary report released on the deadly Air India crash that indicated fuel to the plane's engines was shut off just seconds after the plane lifted off.