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Old 07-15-2025, 06:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Velvet View Post
The implication (from the full article) was towards pilot suicide, not error, I am reading it correctly.
I'm not sure where that conclusion comes from. That would be a stupid way to commit "pilot suicide".

In 2018 there was a Boeing/FAA Advisory, to check the operation of the locking mechanism on the Fuel Switches. It was advisory in nature, not a requirement. Air India never checked the switches.
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