In the tragedy of an airfall accident, there were new details that revealed an interview between the two pilots in the flight of the flight 171 just before the flight of Ahmedabad-London, which collapsed 12th June. Flight deck.
The exchange was first mentioned last week’s preliminary report from the Indian Air accident investigation office (AAIB). Without revealing much, the message showed confusion in the cockpit shortly before the tragedy. The report showed that the two fuel switches in the cockpit were moved to the “marginal”, which caused the Air India 171 to lose the elevator and 32 seconds after take -off.
The first officer “panicked”, the others remained “calm”
According to the WSJ report, which quoted a sound record, the first officer, expressing surprises, asked the senior pilot why he moved the switches to the “marginal”. He then panicked.
“While the captain (experienced) seemed to remain calm.”
The preliminary report recorded the replacement between two pilots in the cockpit of minutes before the Air India crash, but did not clarify which pilot said what. “In the voice recording of the cockpit is heard one of the pilots to ask the other why he cut off,” the interim report said.
The second pilot denied switching off the switches, according to AAIB. “The second pilot replied that he did not do that,” he said.
The WSJ report shows that it was the first officer to ask the captain why he moved the switches to “limit value”, according to people who asked not to be identified.
Initial findings led some US officials to believe that the case was guaranteed by the review of the criminal authorities, the publication said.
(Tagstotranslate) Air India Fleeting Crash (T) Flight 171
