(Reuters) -A cockpit recording of dialogue between the two pilots of the Air India flight that crashed last month supports the view that the captain cut the flow of fuel to the plane's engines, said a source briefed on U.

According to the WSJ report citing the audio recording, the first officer, expressing surprise, asked the senior pilot why he moved the switches to ‘cutoff’. He, then, panicked.

Cockpit recordings from the Air India crash reveal pilot confusion after fuel cutoff switches mysteriously flipped during takeoff, causing engines to lose power in the disaster.

Air India has announced a phased resumption of its international operations following a "Safety Pause" implemented after the tragic crash of flight AI171 on June 12, reported news agency ANI. The airline had suspended or reduced multiple routes to conduct precautionary inspections on its Boeing 787 aircraft and to adapt to longer flight paths necessitated by regional airspace closures.

Captain Randhawa dismissed the claims as baseless and vowed to take action against the publication, saying the preliminary report on the Air India plane crash makes no mention of the pilots turning of

The CEO of Air India sought to draw a line under rife speculation around the cause of last month's air disaster in Ahmedebad, saying the preliminary investigation had ruled out a mechanical cause for the crash.

Wreckage of the crashed Air India Plane is lying at the Ahmedabad Airport premises in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, on July 12, 2025. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu