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Originally Posted by MorTech
Shutting off the fuel supply to both engines just after take off would be the very best way to crash an airplane in a ball of flame...
At the exact moment when the non-flying pilot would move to retract the landing gear, both fuel cutoff switches were toggled one second apart. The landing gear switch was never toggled.
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Originally Posted by Snakster66
This video shows how the fuel switches are toggled. Certainly not something that can happen by accident.
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Originally Posted by Velvet
A commercial pilot wouldn’t recognize a cut off switch?? We are not talking about an aging Hollywood star trying to fly his own plane.
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Originally Posted by mikemalloy
From the video it appears that the wheels were not retracted after takeoff. Not realizing what the problem was the crew may have lowered the flaps that compounded the problem.
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Originally Posted by Lottoguy
The pilot turned off the fuel to the engines. Everything is on the voice recorder in the cockpit. Mass murder by pilot will soon be released to the press.
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Can I safely assume all expert commenters have a Pilot's License and have actually flown an airplane?
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