The preliminary report into Air India Flight 171 said the fuel was cut off to both engines. Fuel control switches are designed to be impossible to move accidentally. Airlines are checking locking ...

Amid conversations about Boeing fuel switches’ potential involvement in the Air India Flight 171 tragedy last month, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Boeing reportedly believe that the ...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India on Monday ordered its airlines to examine fuel switches on several Boeing aircraft models while South Korea ordered a similar measure on Tuesday, as scrutiny intensified of ...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Boeing Co. BA have both said that the fuel switch locks on the 787-Dreamliner aircraft are safe in the aftermath of the Air India crash in India’s ...

SEOUL/NEW DELHI (Reuters) -South Korea is preparing to order all airlines in the country that operate Boeing jets to examine the fuel switches at the centre of an investigation into a deadly Air India ...

Air India completed preliminary inspections of the locking mechanism on the fuel control switches in all of its Boeing (NYSE:BA) 787 aircraft and found "no issues," Indian broadcaster NDTV reported ...

Last month, 260 people were killed when Air India’s Flight AI171, a Boeing 787-8, crashed on its way to London Gatwick due to failed engine fuel control switches. The flight crashed on June 12 shortly ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — Air India said Tuesday that preliminary inspections found no issues in the locking mechanism of fuel control switches for select Boeing (BA) aircrafts. The announcement followed a ...

Numerous airlines are inspecting the fuel-cutoff switches on their Boeing planes after investigators released their initial findings into the tragedy of Air India Flight 171. On June 12, the ...