The investigation report says Air India did not carry out those inspections - prompting speculation that the accident could have been caused by faulty switches being flipped by accident. However, in ...

The FAA had first flagged concerns in December 2018 through a special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) that warned of possible disengagement of the fuel control switch locking mechanism on a ...

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) asked Indian airlines on Monday to carry out a thorough inspection of the ...

Indian social media is abuzz with netizens calling out Western media for ‘biased’ reporting on the Air India flight crash ...

Meanwhile, India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has also directed airlines to inspect the locking mechanism ...

Boeing fuel switches are facing renewed global scrutiny after last month’s deadly Air India crash that killed 260 people. A ...

The initial investigation by India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) found that the aircraft’s fuel control ...

Just weeks before the deadly crash of an Air India Boeing 787-8 in Ahmedabad, the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) had ...

Weeks before the Air India 787 crash, UK regulators flagged fuel valve issues on Boeing jets, prompting urgent checks. New ...

The notice dated May 15 asked airlines to check if the fuel shutoff valve required replacement. The notice mentioned that the ...

DGCA's decisions came over a month after the deadly aviation disaster in Ahmedabad on June 12, which killed over 240 people.