Investigators believe Air India Flight 171 had an emergency-power generator operating when it crashed, raising questions on whether the plane’s engines were functioning properly at takeoff, Andrew Tangel and Shan Li of The Wall Street Journal reports, citing people familiar with the probe. The preliminary finding gives investigators a new line of inquiry. The system can deploy automatically in flight if both engines fail or if all three hydraulic system pressures are low, the Journal adds, citing the airline’s Boeing (BA) 787 manual.
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