Air India crash: Did ‘electric fire’ in tail cause the deadly crash?

Amid the initial findings of the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) report that point to fuel switches being in the cutoff position, investigators are turning their attention to the tail of the crashed Air India AI-171 plane. They are looking for signs of a ‘contained electrical fire’, suspecting it could have disrupted flight sensors and cut off the fuel supply

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