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gosub100
9 months ago
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Preliminary report into Air India crash released
> Murder-suicide looks like the likely conclusion
But why cutoff the fuel instead of flying into terrain? It's such a passive action
lotsofpulp
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I imagine it would be more difficult to fly into terrain without a cooperative co pilot than cutting the fuel just after take off.
ummonk
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For whatever reason, the Egypt Air 990 pilot initiated his murder-suicide by pulling the thrust to idle and then flipping the fuel cutoff switches.
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But why cutoff the fuel instead of flying into terrain? It's such a passive action