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An analysis of the cockpit voice recorder from the Air India flight that crashed in Ahmedabad last month reportedly showed the younger co-pilot asking the captain why he had turned off the fuel switches.
AIR INDIA’S captain made a haunting plea as he left home on the day of the deadly crash. Sumeet Sabharwal, 56, gave an eerie message to a security guard at his Mumbai apartment complex
Captain Kapil Kohal, a long-time friend and fellow Air India pilot, called Sabharwal “sad sack” but remembered him as a “hero” with a “gentle soul”. “He was my senior at flying school and later in Air India. We called him ‘Sad Sack’ because of his melancholic eyes, but he was deeply charismatic and always ready to help.”
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Legit.ng on MSNSecurity guard of Air India pilot's house discloses last words he said before flying plane which crashedA security guard at the residence of Captain Sumeet Subharwal has opened up about the pilot's last words to him before flying the ill-fated aeroplane.
A black-box recording and report details indicate that the flight’s captain switched off fuel flow to engines.
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