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 ...

South Korea is currently preparing to order all airlines in the country operating Boeing aircrafts to examine their fuel switches at the centre of an investigation into a deadly Air India crash which ...

As AI 171 probe focuses on fuel control switches, Etihad orders inspection of switches’ locking mechanism on its Boeing 787 fleet Other airlines and countries could also order similar checks. A report ...

The AAIB report on the Air India flight AI 171 crash in Ahmedabad is out. The report indicates no mechanical or maintenance problems with the aircraft. CEO Campbell Wilson confirmed the pilots passed ...

Air India replaced the critical throttle control module, which includes the fuel control switches, twice on the Boeing 787 before it crashed. The investigation continues into what caused the fuel ...

On the other hand pilots' union ALPA-India, representing over 800 pilots nationwide, is considering legal action to be included in the investigation into the Air India Boeing 787-8 crash, citing ...

According to the DGCA circular dated July 14, the fuel control switch locking feature on nearly all major Boeing aircraft currently in commercial operation have to be inspected.

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has said the fuel control switches in Boeing aeroplanes are safe, following their reported involvement in a fatal Air India crash that killed 260 people in ...

The Indian Government's preliminary report into the June 12th Air India 171 Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crash in Gujarat, mentions that the plane's fuel control switches (which can turn on/off fuel flow ...

Air India plane crash: Boeing on Saturday made its first comment after the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) released its preliminary report into the Air India AI171 crash in Ahmedabad.

CHICAGO (AP) — Boeing reached a settlement Friday with a Canadian man whose wife and three children were killed in a deadly 2019 crash in Ethiopia, averting the first trial ...

Indian investigators determined the Boeing 787 Dreamliner was properly configured and lifted off normally. But three seconds after takeoff, the engines' fuel switches were cut off.