Air India, global carriers confirm Boeing 787 fuel switches are safe, ETInfra
Air India did not find defects with the fuel control switches on its Boeing 787 fleet, after completing safety checks on their locking mechanism, a senior airline official said on Wednesday."Over the weekend, our engineering team initiated precautionary inspections on the locking mechanism of fuel control switch on all our Boeing 787 aircraft. The inspections have been completed and no issues were found," Abhishek Durga Dethan, chief pilot of Air India's Boeing 787 fleet, said in a letter to pilots of the Tata Group-owned airline.Across the world, Singapore Airlines, Lufthansa Korean Air , and Etihad Airways also said that similar checks done by them did not show any issues.It is not yet known whether similar checks on the Boeing 737 jets operated by Air India Express also did not find any concern.ET reported in its July 15 edition citing an Air India official that the airline had started checks on the fuel control switches (FCS) on Saturday and completed them on half of its Boeing fleet so far. The checks haven't identified any defects, the official said."All our Boeing 787-8 aircraft have also undergone Throttle Control Module (TCM) replacement as per the Boeing maintenance schedule. The FCS is part of this module," the airline added.Air India further directed its relevant staff to remain vigilant and report any defect in the technical log, as per the existing reporting process.
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