All mandatory maintenance tasks, including the pilots clearing the pre-flight breath analyser, had been completed, preliminary report identified no “mechanical or maintenance issues with the aircraft or engines,

An Air India executive is still urging its staff not to jump to any conclusions as the investigation into the crash that killed 260 people last month continues. A preliminary report into the June crash found that the plane's fuel control switches had been flipped off one by one.

Air India CEO Campbell Wilson says no technical or maintenance issues have been found in flight AI171 that crashed in Ahmedabad. A probe revealed that engines lost fuel supply mid-air.