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Modern Engineering Marvels on MSN · 1h
How a Fatal Fuel Switch Flaw on Boeing 787s Sparked a Global Safety Scramble
Why did you cut off?” one of the pilots asked, as the cockpit voice recorder picked up the bewilderment that would come to characterize the worst air tragedy in a decade. The initial probe of Air India Flight 171’s fatal crash on June 12,

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Amid Air India probe, US FAA, Boeing notify fuel switch locks are safe, document, sources say
Mathrubhumi English · 1h
Singapore Airlines confirms Boeing 787 fuel switches are safe
Air India Crash Findings Prompt Inspections of Boeing Fuel Switches
Regulators in India and South Korea ordered inspections this week of fuel control switches on Boeing airplanes after a report on a deadly Air India crash showed that the plane’s fuel supply had been ...

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As theories swirl about Air India crash, key details remains unknown
Air India CEO says investigation into Ahmedabad crash raises new questions
Air India crash report raises more questions, CEO says in memo
A preliminary report filed by the country’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau last week showed that two fuel switches in the cockpit that were moved to a cutoff position caused the Boeing 787 to ...

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Air India Chief Says Preliminary Crash Report Raises Fresh Questions
New York Magazine · 19h
The Debate Over the Air India Crash: Was It Suicide?
Some airlines checking Boeing fuel switches after Air India crash
India on Monday ordered its airlines to examine fuel switches on several Boeing models while South Korea ordered a similar measure on Tuesday, as scrutiny intensified of fuel switch locks at the centre of an investigation into a deadly Air India crash.
Safety notices raise alerts on B787 fuel valves, switches
Kolkata: A day after DGCA ordered checks on fuel control switches of Boeing aircraft based on a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) NM-1.
Etihad advises Boeing 787 pilots to 'exercise caution' with fuel switches
Etihad Airways has directed pilots to handle Boeing 787 fuel switches with caution, following the US aviation safety regulator's reminder about its warning on unintentional switch lock disengagement
Explainer: What are the fuel switches at the centre of the Air India crash probe?
The preliminary report from investigators probing the Air India crash that killed 260 people showed that seconds after takeoff, the Boeing 787 plane's engine fuel control switches were switched off briefly,
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