Topic: Air India

Investigators looking into the crash of Air India Flight 171 in Ahmedabad report that fuel switches were moved to the cutoff position shortly after takeoff. While the report suggests pilot confusion, evidence points to a 2018 Boeing maintenance bulletin regarding faulty fuel control switch locks that Air India may have ignored. The incident resulted in 261 total fatalities.

State Department spokesperson Marie Harf faces questions regarding reports that an Air India flight carrying the Indian Prime Minister was in the same vicinity as MH17. Documents from the European Cockpit Association suggest certain intelligence services knew the risks of flying over eastern Ukraine but did not share the information with all carriers.