Responding to the preliminary report, a Department for Transport spokesperson tells the BBC: "This was a tragic accident, and our thoughts remain with the victims and their families.”

Fuel to the engines of the Air India plane involved in a deadly crash was cut off moments after takeoff, a preliminary report has found.

A preliminary report into the Air India crash that killed 260 people last month showed three seconds after taking off, the plane’s engines fuel cutoff switches almost simultaneously flipped from run ...