Fuel control switches for the engines of an Air India flight that crashed last month were moved from the “run” to the “cutoff” position moments before impact.

Preliminary findings into last month's Air India plane crash suggest the aircraft's fuel control switches were turned off, causing a loss of engine thrust shortly after takeoff.

Indian authorities had also ordered deeper checks of Air India’s entire Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet to prevent future incidents. Air India has 33 Dreamliners in its fleet.

Indian investigators determined the Boeing 787 Dreamliner was properly configured and lifted off normally. But three seconds after takeoff, the engines' fuel switches were cut off.

Investigations are underway into how the flight bound for London’s Gatwick Airport crashed into a medical students hostel last Thursday, killing at least 270 people.

Air India is temporarily cutting back Boeing 787 and 777 services for nearly a month, as a result of enhanced safety checks being conducted on its fleet in the wake of the Ahmedabad accident.

Following a fatal crash of an Air India Boeing 787, the Indian aviation regulator DGCA reported no major safety concerns in the airline’s 787 fleet after initiating comprehensive safety inspections.

India's aviation safety watchdog said on Tuesday surveillance conducted on Air India's Boeing 787 fleet did not reveal any major safety concerns, days after one of its jets crashed, killing at ...