The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), back in 2018, had flagged the potential disengagement of the fuel control switch ...

India’s aviation regulator has ordered airlines to inspect fuel switch locks on Boeing aircraft after a report on the Air India Flight 171 crash showed both engines lost fuel seconds after takeoff.

An Air India flight from Delhi to Vienna reportedly dropped 900 feet mid-air on 14 June because of a technical issue, ...

Shortly after takeoff from Delhi on June 14, an Air India Boeing 777 bound for Vienna experienced a stall warning and ground ...

Preliminary investigation reveals that the Air India AI-171 accident was suspected to be caused by a sudden engine fuel ...

These switches cannot be accidentally or gently moved by pilots operating a flight. The fuel cutoff switches are spring-loaded to remain firmly in place. They operate in two modes — “CUTOFF” and “RUN” ...

Just days after the Ahmedabad crash, Air India’s Delhi-Vienna flight lost 900 feet mid-air but landed safely. On June 14, ...

All of the weight reductions and aero efficiency gains for the 787 improved fuel economy by 20% compared to the 767, its ...

Just 38 hours after the fatal crash of Air India Flight AI 171 in Ahmedabad on 12 June 2025, a second incident involving a ...

The preliminary investigation into the crash of an Air India flight in June suggests the fuel supply to the engines was shut off shortly after takeoff—an act that surprised both pilots, according to ...

A timeline of events related to the investigation of the Air India Boeing 787 crash in Ahmedabad, including investigation ...

Investigators are still piecing together what went wrong. In the meantime, aviation safety experts have begun to narrow their ...