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DGCA orders fuel control switch checks on select Boeing aircraft by July 21
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Monday (July 14 instructed Indian carriers to inspect fuel control switches of Boeing planes, including the B787 Dreamliner and certain B737s. These ...
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Fuel to Air India plane was cut off moments before crash, investigation report says
Fuel control switches for the engines of an Air India flight that crashed last month were moved from the “run” to the “cutoff” position moments before impact, starving both engines of fuel, a ...
Was Air India Pilot Suffering from Depression? Medical Records of Captain Sumeet Sabharwal Being Probed Amid Reports It Was a Suicide Crash
Sabharwal had also taken bereavement leave following his mother's death in 2022 and had recently been considering retirement ...
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Following Boeing’s directive, Air India replaces module in cockpit Dreamliner
Soon after AAIB report on the Ahmedabad plane crash, which indicated triggering the fuel switch before the crash. Air India has now replaced the Throttle Control Module (TCM) of the crashed Boeing 787 ...
787 switches at center of Air India crash probe were scrutinized before
A preliminary report about the fatal Air India crash resurfaced a 2018 FAA notice about Boeing's engine fuel control switches ...