India finds engine switch movement in fatal Air India crash, no immediate action for Boeing or GE
"At this stage of investigation, there are no recommended actions to Boeing 787-8 and/or GE GEnx-1B engine operators and manufacturers" India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau said.
The agency, an office under India's civil aviation ministry, is leading the probe into the world's deadliest aviation accident in a decade.
(Reporting by Hritam Mukherjee and Gursimran Kaur in Bengaluru, Abhijith Ganapavaram in New Delhi; Additional reporting by Allison Lampert in Montreal & David Shepardson in Washington)
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