Preliminary report into Air India crash released

Re:Preliminary report into Air India crash released by ankit219 on Saturday July 12, 2025 @02:41PM (#44544058)

This is BBC, they have a history of being uncharitable when it comes to reporting on their erstwhile colonies. Jumping to a conclusion about pilot's fault when the recorded dialogues show both had no idea who cut it off (leaving ground for a possibility of some malfunction) is irresponsible, especially when the report could have been worded better without needing to reach a definitive conclusion.

Both pilots have a long history of flying, a lot of experience, so while there is a chance one of them did it unknowingly, it's a small one in my opinion. Because it's not just a small switch, but a multi step procedure. The reporting on such a sensitive issue has been shocking to say the very least,

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Re:Preliminary report into Air India crash released by oncallthrow on Saturday July 12, 2025 @07:16PM (#44546036)

Where in the BBC coverage are the pilots blamed? Sounds like you might have a bit of a chip on your shoulder, and indeed it sounds like you are the one who is biased towards a particular conclusion (namely that the Indian pilots bear no blame).

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Re:Preliminary report into Air India crash released by ankit219 on Saturday July 12, 2025 @08:04PM (#44546314)

i see the confusion. Initially the title of the video on BBC youtube channel was:

> BREAKING Air India crash: Pilot cut off fuel to engines - no fault with plane | BBC

and then they changed it to:

> Fuel switches cut off before Air India crash, preliminary report says | BBC News

You can decide. I had noticed it then. It was also noticed by many others as the story started getting traction and there are many x accounts (and probably elsehwere too) which would corroborate the same.

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