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July 17, 2025

Inside Air India cockpit: What happened?

A cockpit recording of dialogue between the two pilots of the Air India flight that crashed last month indicates the captain cut the flow of fuel to the Boeing 787 jet's engines, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. Here is the sequence of events - by the seconds - on June 12, as detailed by Indian investigators in their preliminary investigation report released on Saturday: 05:47 GMT (11:17 a.m. IST) - Air India Dreamliner VT-ANB landed in Ahmedabad from New Delhi as AI423. 07:48:38 GMT - The aircraft was observed departing from Bay 34 at the airport. 07:55:15 GMT - The aircraft requested taxi clearance, which was granted by air traffic control; a minute later the aircraft taxied from the bay to Runway 23 via Taxiway R4, backtracked and lined up for take-off. 08:02:03 GMT - The

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