A cockpit recording of dialogue between the two pilots of the Air India flight that crashed last month supports the view that the captain cut the flow of fuel to the plane's engines, said a source briefed on U.

A preliminary report released last week included detail about the fuel, saying that the fuel to the plane's engines appeared to have been shut off.

Foreign media blamed for ‘repeatedly attempting to draw conclusions through selective and unverified reporting’

The deadly Air India crash last month has renewed a decades-old debate in the aviation industry over installing video cameras monitoring airline pilot actions to complement the cockpit voice and flight data recorders already used by accident investigators.

Sections of global media repeatedly attempting to draw conclusions through selective, unverified reporting; such actions irresponsible: AAIB. AAIB says it will publish updates on Air India plane crash that have technical, public interest as and when required.

The investigation report says Air India did not carry out those inspections - prompting speculation that the accident could have been caused by faulty switches being flipped by accident. However, in an internal note seen by the BBC, the FAA has since reiterated its belief that the issue did not compromise safety.

International airlines from South Korea and India are preparing to inspect its Boeing fleets following findings from the Air India crash investigation.