The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau's preliminary report on the Air India crash reveals crucial insights, praised by IATA. The report, delivered on time, details the accident's causes, notably a simultaneous fuel switch cutoff leading to confusion.

The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau's (AAIB) preliminary report on the Air India plane crash contains more information than most people were expecting, which is helpful, global airlines' grouping IATA on Wednesday. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is a grouping of around 340 airlines, including Air India.

Fuel control switches for the engines of an Air India flight that crashed last month were moved from the “run” to the “cutoff” position moments before impact, starving both engines of fuel, a preliminary investigation report said early Saturday.