Air India Crash Probe: AAIB report highlights wreckage analysis, fuel test results, pilot conversation and early findings from the fatal Ahmedabad crash. A preliminary report on the Air India crash that killed 260 people finds that both fuel switches were in the cut-off position moments before the plane crashed in Ahmedabad Audio recordings from ... Of the 242 onboard, only one survived, marking one of the worst aviation tragedies in Indian history. The 15-page report outlines a sequence of critical failures in the moments after liftoff, raising serious questions about what caused the aircraft's twin engines to shut down mid-air. When the preliminary report into the crash of Air India Flight 171 - which killed 260 people in June - was released, many hoped it would bring some measure of closure. Instead, the 15-page...