Junior pilot's questions about fuel switches reveal in-flight actions leading to Air India crash, 260 dead.

A cockpit voice recording reveals that the junior pilot of Air India Flight 171 asked the captain why he turned off the plane's fuel-supply switches, moments before the flight crashed. This detail emerged from India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau's preliminary report. The plane lost lift after the switches were briefly turned off, causing a crash that killed 260 people. The investigation is ongoing, focusing on whether the incident was due to human error or system failure.