According to a report published on Wednesday by The Wall Street Journal quoting sources close to United States officials’ early assessment of evidence, the black box audio recording of the last conversation between the two pilots indicates that the captain might have turned off the switches controlling the flow of fuel to the plane’s engines.

A preliminary finding into last month’s Air India plane crash has suggested the aircraft’s fuel control switches were turned off, starving the engines of fuel and causing a loss of engine thrust shortly after takeoff.

A black-box recording reveals that the captain of an Air India flight turned off switches controlling fuel to the engines, according to the Wall Street Journal. This revelation comes from early assessments by U.

AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — Indian investigators on Friday recovered the digital flight data recorder, or the black box, of the Air India flight that fell from the sky and killed 241 people on board and several people on the ground, authorities said.

Air India plane crash investigators have found both of the Boeing 787's "black boxes," hopefully brining an understanding of the cause of the disaster a step closer.

AHMEDABAD, India — Indian investigators on Friday recovered the digital flight data recorder, or the black box, of the Air India flight that fell from the sky and killed 241 people on board and ...

THE doomed Air India flight’s captain was considering quitting his job early to look after his elderly father, his neighbours have revealed. The London Gatwick-bound AI 171 flight was

The Enhanced Airborne Flight Recorders, or black boxes, of AI-171 that crashed in Ahmedabad | Photo Credit: Special arrangement