Following the Air India AI-171 accident investigation, Etihad Airways issued an engineering work order to inspect the fuel control switch locking mechanism on one of its Boeing 787 aircraft. This ...

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 ...

New Delhi: Both Boeing and Honeywell knew that the fuel lock system on the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner that was delivered to India was “faulty”. This defect allowed an inadvertent cutoff of fuel supply ...

Soon after India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) released the preliminary report into the AI 171 accident on July 12, An Etihad Airways Boeing 787 aircraft underwent a fuel control ...

Air India on Tuesday said it has successfully completed precautionary inspections on the locking mechanism of the Fuel Control Switch (FCS) across all Boeing 787 and 737 aircraft in its fleet, with no ...

Amid the growing furor over the fuel switch locks in the AIB report on the Air India Dreamliner crash, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has now asked all Indian carriers to conduct ...

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) warning operators of several Boeing aircraft models about potential risks linked to faulty ...

Air India has completed precautionary inspections on the locking mechanism of Fuel Control Switch (FCS) on all Boeing 787 and Boeing 737 aircraft in its fleet. In the probe, the airline found no ...

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