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At 10:20 in the video, he mentions a recommended inspection for the fuel cutoff switches due to the locking mechanism not working on 737s with similar switches. Air India did not do the inspection. Seems more likely to me they were cutoff inadvertently, or maybe someone was committing suicide, effectively. Due to the crash damage to the switches, we may never know. I suspect switch inspections will soon become mandatory.

So, all the electrical issues were a result of the engines being cutoff? Seems like the design of these switches is wanting.
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