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As AI 171 probe focuses on fuel control switches, Etihad orders inspection of switches’ locking mechanism on its Boeing 787 fleet
This comes despite the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Boeing notifying Boeing 787 operating airlines that the fuel switch locks on the aircraft are safe.
Air India AI 171 crash investigation: Boeing, USFAA notify fuel switch locks are 'safe' amid probe
Boeing and the United States Federal Aviation Agency (USFAA) recently notified that the fuel switch locks used in flight are safe, as per a report from Reuters. This comes at a time when the fuel switch lock mechanics have come under scrutiny amid the ongoing investigation into the Air India AI 171 crash.
Pilots typically operate the fuel control switches during two key phases: At engine start-up on the ground and during engine ...
India Today on MSN5h
AI-171 crash probe: Fuel switch shift deliberate or electrical fault? Experts weigh inTwo days back, India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) released its preliminary report into the June 12 Air ...
Press Trust of India on MSN2m
AI plane crash: Fuel switches cut off due to human error, claims aviation expertNew Delhi, Jul 14 (PTI) It was human error that led to the fuel switches being cut off before Air India's Boeing 787-8 plane crashed in Ahmedabad last month, and there also should have been more ...
Inadvertent flipping of fuel switches in the cockpit of an aircraft is not possible, a former pilot said, after the ...
As per the report, these switches transitioned from ‘RUN’ to ‘CUTOFF’ position within a second of each other moments after ...
Aviation expert claims human error caused fuel switches to cut off before Air India's Boeing 787-8 crash in Ahmedabad, ...
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