(Reuters) -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.

The aircraft has been grounded for checks, Air India added. A Times of India report, citing sources, said three tyres had burst on the aircraft after the landing. TV footage from NDTV and India Today showed the outer casing of the engine damaged, with some apparent cracks.

Captain Sumeet Sabharwal suffered from depression after the death of his mother, officials found out after Air India wreckage.

Decoding the black box is going to give an in-depth insight into what happened moments before the plane crash,” Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu said to journalists, highlighting the importance of flight data to untangle the tragic disappearance of Air India Flight 171.

The United States National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy said on Friday that recent media reports on the crash of an Air India Boeing Dreamliner that killed 260 people were premature and speculative.