Agreed, that is what I am leaning towards. Would not be the first time. Look at the TransAsia crash in Taiwan in 2015. Aircraft lost an engine, pilot accidentally cut fuel to the good engine. Killed everyone.
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If it does prove to be the case I would think it was a mistake (at least hope it was a mistake)
A knowledgeable passenger showed the crew how to depressurize the aircraft. LOL.I don't have any pictures of the DC-9 after the emergency landing but here is a link to the accident report. It goes into more details I left out about the bad decisions made even after bringing the aircraft to a stop. I had forgotten about the F/O injuring himself with the crash axe attempting to break open the clear view window when they could not open the doors because the engines were still running and the outflow valve automatically closes with no power so the fuselage was still pressurized.
It was one of the few times I was embarrassed to work for the company. I still shake my head about it. Both Flight crew members were fired shortly afterwards.
Serious incident Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9 N922RW, Wednesday 18 October 1989
WHILE IN CRUISE AT FL350 THE NO. 2 GENERATOR CONSTANT SPEED DRIVE (CSD) FAILED AND THE CREW INADVERTENTLY DISCONNECTED THE NO. 1 GENERATOR CSD. ATTEMPTS TO START THE APU ABOVE THE START E...asn.flightsafety.org
Air India plane's fuel switches flipped off before deadly crash
A preliminary report on the Air India crash that killed 260 people in Ahmedabad last month says the plane's engine fuel switches were flipped off three seconds after take-off.www.abc.net.au
Apparently the switches are designed that they cannot be accidentally switched off either.
Exactly!My own experience, critical switches like this are either covered by hinged block, or have lift-to-unlock toggles. Aircrew must take positive action in order to actuate changes in position for this sort of thing in many cases. I don't if that applies here. But I'm pretty sure accidental nudging, that sort of thing, isn't happening on fuel cutouts.
My own experience, critical switches like this are either covered by hinged block, or have lift-to-unlock toggles. Aircrew must take positive action in order to actuate changes in position for this sort of thing in many cases. I don't if that applies here. But I'm pretty sure accidental nudging, that sort of thing, isn't happening on fuel cutouts.
BBC are commenting on switches may have been installed without the locks/guards on 737's and its the same switches used in 787's.
BBC are commenting on switches may have been installed without the locks/guards on 737's and its the same switches used in 787's.
Air India crash report: Cockpit audio deepens mystery of Flight 171
Fuel cut-off switches were flipped seconds after take-off, a preliminary report finds.www.bbc.co.uk
But investigators are also zeroing in on what they describe is an interesting point in the report.
It says in December 2018, the US Federal Aviation Administration issued a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) highlighting that some Boeing 737 fuel control switches were installed with the locking feature disengaged.
While the issue was noted, it wasn't deemed an unsafe condition requiring an Airworthiness Directive (AD) - a legally enforceable regulation to correct unsafe conditions in a product.
"The same switch design is used in Boeing 787-8 aircraft, including Air India's VT-ANB which crashed. As the SAIB was advisory, Air India did not perform the recommended inspections."