NEW DELHI: The International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations (IFALPA) has said AAIB’s preliminary report into the Air India plane crash, by its very nature, raises many questions and does not provide answers and urged all parties to refrain from speculations.In its preliminary report on the Air India’s Boeing 787-8 accident on June 12 that killed 260 people, the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) on Saturday said the fuel switches to the engines were cut off within a gap of 1 second immediately after takeoff, caused confusion in the cockpit of the plane before crashing into a building.The AI 171 was en route from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick.Citing cockpit voice recording, the 15-page preliminary report, released on Saturday, said one pilot asked why the switch was cut off and the other pilot responded that he did not do so.While the initial report does not provide any conclusions, there are speculations in certain quarters that a possible pilot error could be a reason for the crash.”Whilst this preliminary report by its very nature raises many questions, it does not provide answers, and any extrapolation of its content can only be regarded as guesswork, which is not helpful to the good conduct of the investigation,” IFALPA said in a statement on July 14.
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