NEW DELHI: The preliminary report on the Air India crash in Ahmedabad revealed that a 2018 US report had flagged the "potential for disengagement of the fuel control switch locking feature." According ...

Air India states it has found no issues with the fuel-control switch locking mechanisms on its Boeing 787 fleet, after inspections prompted by the crash at Ahmedabad last month. Preliminary findings ...

WASHINGTON/NEW DELHI/MONTREAL (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing have privately issued notifications that the fuel switch locks on Boeing planes are safe, a document seen ...

WASHINGTON, NEW DELHI, MONTREAL ― The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing have privately issued notifications that the fuel switch locks on Boeing planes are safe, a document seen by ...

Air India said Tuesday that preliminary inspections found no issues in the locking mechanism of fuel control switches for select Boeing aircrafts. The announcement followed a preliminary investigation ...

Boeing’s engine fuel control switches, now the center of the investigation into the fatal Air India crash in June, have been scrutinized before. The FAA determined that the reports did not pose a ...

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MUMBAI: Checks carried out on the Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner grounded in Bengaluru found its fuel control switch lock to be satisfactory, said the ministry of civil aviation on Tuesday, even as ...

Air India grounded a Boeing Dreamliner after its pilot reported a possible defect in a fuel control switch, a component central to the ongoing investigation into last June’s deadly Ahmedabad crash.

While the Air India Boeing 787-8 crash inquiry has found that fuel control cut-off switches were activated almost as soon as the aircraft lifted off, the circumstances of the switches’ movement remain ...

July 22 (Reuters) - Air India said on Tuesday it has completed precautionary inspections of the fuel control switch locking mechanism on all its Boeing (BA.N), opens new tab 787 and 737 aircraft, with ...

This latest development comes as investigators work to determine whether the June 12 crash of Air India Flight 171 was caused by pilot error or mechanical failure ...