Air India probe of Boeing 787 fuel control switches finds no issues
Air India probe into Boeing 787 fuel control switches finds no issues
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alt="FILE PHOTO: Wreckage of the Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner plane sits on the open ground, outside Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, where it took off and crashed nearby shortly afterwards, in Ahmedabad, India July 12, 2025. REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo"/>Air India Flight 171 crashed shortly after it took off from an airport in Ahmedabad on June 12, killing 260 people.
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Air crashesMUMBAI – Air India’s inspection of the locking feature on the fuel control switches of its existing Boeing 787 aircraft found no issues, an internal communication circulated within the airline said.
The switches have come under scrutiny following the June 12 crash of an Air India jet, which killed 260 people, after a preliminary probe
India’s aviation regulator ordered the country’s airlines this week to investigate the locking feature on the switches of several Boeing models.
The order came after Boeing notified operators that the fuel switch locks on its jets were safe.
However, it was in line with a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin issued by the US Federal Aviation Administration in 2018, which recommended inspection of the locks to ensure they could not be moved accidentally.
Air India’s probe found no problems with the locking mechanism.
“Over the weekend, our engineering team initiated precautionary inspections on the locking mechanism of fuel control switch on all our Boeing 787 aircraft,” the airline’s flight operations department said in a communication to its pilots.
“The inspections have been completed and no issues were found,” the communication said, noting that they complied with the regulator’s directives.
It said all of its
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