India on Monday ordered its airlines to examine fuel switches on several Boeing models, while South Korea said it would order a similar measure, as scrutiny intensified of fuel switch locks at the ...

A preliminary investigation report into the Air India crash on June 12 has revealed what happened on the Boeing Dreamliner ...

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 ...

The move comes days after preliminary probe report into Air India’s crash found that the switches were cut off before 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 ...

South Korea is set to order airlines to inspect fuel switch locking systems on Boeing aircraft following the deadly Air India Boeing 787 crash.

Former Civil Aviation Minister, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, criticizes the AAIB's preliminary report on the Air India Flight AI171 crash for not explaining why engines shut down mid-air.