In the wake of the preliminary findings, Boeing privately issued a notification stating that the fuel switch locks on Boeing planes were safe, Reuters reported. The US Federal Aviation Administration ...

Weeks after the fatal Air India Ahmedabad plane crash that killed 260 people, India’s civil aviation regulator has issued a directive to all airlines to inspect the fuel switch locking mechanism on ...

The notice dated May 15 asked airlines to check if the fuel shutoff valve required replacement. The notice mentioned that the ...

Other airlines have also been carrying out checks on the switches, which have been a key focus of the probe. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

DGCA's decisions came over a month after the deadly aviation disaster in Ahmedabad on June 12, which killed over 240 people.

The FAA directive specifically called attention to fuel shutoff valve actuators, raising them as a possible safety hazard.

Fuel switches of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner have come under scrutiny after a preliminary crash report raised questions about ...

The matter came to the fore after the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) of India noted in its preliminary report ...

A preliminary investigation into the crash of an Air India passenger jet last month that killed 260 people raises additional questions about the incident, and the investigation is far from over, Air ...

India and South Korea have ordered airlines to inspect fuel switch locks on Boeing planes following a preliminary report on ...

NEW DELHI – A preliminary report into last month’s catastrophic Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner crash, which claimed 260 ...

Medical records for an Air India pilot killed in last month’s crash are reportedly now being reviewed by investigators amid ...