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The report and India’s inspection order referred to an advisory from the Federal Aviation Administration in 2018 that ...
The preliminary report into Air India Flight 171 said the fuel was cut off to both engines seconds after liftoff, and cited a ...
The FAA's internal memoseen by Reuterssaid it does not consider this issue to be an unsafe condition for any Boeing aircraft, ...
Apparent gaps in AAIB’s preliminary report means that while a key factor in the disaster—cutting of the fuel supply—has been ...
India and Singapore ordered their airlines to examine fuel switches on several Boeing models with South Korea set to do the same after the devices came under scrutiny following last month's crash of ...
No sane pilot would ever turn those switches off in flight,” said U.S. aviation safety expert John Nance to Reuters, a ...
Following the Air India Flight 171 crash, the FAA and Boeing have privately affirmed the safety of fuel switch locks on ...
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 fuel switch locks at ...
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 ...
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing have privately issued notifications that the fuel switch locks on Boeing ...
FAA and Boeing declare fuel switch locks safe after Air India crash killed 260, despite switches flipping to cutoff during flight.
FAA and Boeing said fuel switch locks on aircraft are safe, despite initial reports that fuel supply was cut off in recent ...