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 ...

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.

The UK Civil Aviation Authority issued a safety notice on fuel control switches on Boeing 787s weeks before the Air India ...

Turning an incomplete probe into a forum of speculative opinions inevitably serves the interests of those who don’t want a ...

Seeking transparency regarding the authorship of the report, Congress leader Priyanka Chaturvedi said the names of all members of the investigation panel should be made public.

Fuel switch locks have come under the scanner after a 2018 advisory from the FAA figured in the Aircraft Accident ...