On July 17, the Aviation Accident Investigation Bureau said in a statement that "it is too early to reach to any definite conclusions" about the crash

Fuel control switches for the engines of an Air India flight that crashed last month were moved from the “run” to the “cutoff” position moments before impact, starving both engines of fuel, a preliminary investigation report said early Saturday.

A preliminary report about the fatal Air India crash resurfaced a 2018 FAA notice about Boeing's engine fuel control switches.