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Originally Posted by Velvet

Further recent update:

The United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said on Friday that media reports on the reasons behind the Air India Boeing Dreamliner crash which killed 270 were speculative and premature.

And:

The AAIB (Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau | Ministry of Civil Aviation) is investigating the crash, the deadliest aviation incident in a decade, along with Boeing and experts from the US and United Kingdom. A preliminary report from the investigators released on Saturday found the aircraft had been deemed airworthy, had up-to-date maintenance and carried no hazardous cargo.

But the report noted that a 2018 US Federal Aviation Administration advisory warned of a potential flaw in the fuel-control switch system of some Boeing planes, including the Dreamliner. The report said Air India did not inspect the system and it was not mandatory for it to do so.

Aljazeera July17/25

I will, personally, withhold my conclusions about what happened on the flight. (I really, really hope it was not pilot caused.)

I would be a lot more worried about the safety on planes in India or traveling from India if this were some kind of mechanical problem rather than a human resource failure.