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https://www.yahoo.com/news/engine-fuel-supply-cut-just-224500977.html
In a Boeing 787, the fuel cutoff switches are designed to be difficult to move accidentally. They are spring-loaded and require a deliberate action: pulling the switch up before moving it between the "RUN" and "CUTOFF" positions.
In the flight's final moment, one pilot was heard on the cockpit voice recorder asking the other why he cut off the fuel. "The other pilot responded that he did not do so," the report said. It did not identify which remarks were made by the flight's captain and which by the first officer, nor which pilot transmitted "Mayday, Mayday, Mayday" just before the crash.
The commanding pilot of the Air India plane was Sumeet Sabharwal, 56, who had a total flying experience of 15,638 hours and, according to the Indian government, was also an Air India instructor. His co-pilot was Clive Kunder, 32, who had 3,403 hours of total experience.
The fuel switches had almost simultaneously flipped from run to cutoff just after takeoff. The preliminary report did not say how the switches could have flipped to the cutoff position during the flight.
In a Boeing 787, the fuel cutoff switches are designed to be difficult to move accidentally. They are spring-loaded and require a deliberate action: pulling the switch up before moving it between the "RUN" and "CUTOFF" positions.
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