Air India completes fuel switch checks on Boeing planes after crash report
NEW DELHI: (Bernama) Air India said on Tuesday (July 22) it has completed fuel switch checks on all its Boeing 787 and Boeing 737 aircraft as ordered by India's aviation regulator.
An initial report this month on the June 12 crash of the Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner found that fuel to both engines was abruptly cut off seconds before the plane went down after takeoff from Ahmedabad airport in Gujarat state.
"Air India has completed precautionary inspections on the locking mechanism of Fuel Control Switch (FCS) on all Boeing 787 and Boeing 737 aircraft in its fleet. Boeing 737 aircraft are part of the fleet of Air India Express, Air India's low cost subsidiary.
"With this, the two airlines have complied with the directives of the DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation) issued on July 14, 2025," the airline said in a statement.
"In the inspections, no issues were found with the said locking mechanism," it said.
The London-bound flight AI171 carrying 242 people crashed into a medical college building.
All aboard except one passenger died in the disaster, with the total death toll, including victims on the ground, being 260.
The aircraft began to lose altitude before crossing the airport perimeter wall, the preliminary report found.
"In the cockpit voice recording, one of the pilots is heard asking the other why did he cutoff. The other pilot responded that he did not do so," the report released by India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) said.
The Wall Street Journal, citing sources familiar with US officials' early assessment of data, reported on July 16 that a black-box recording of dialogue between the flight's two pilots indicated it was the captain who moved the switches from "run" to "cutoff" setting.
Reuters, a day later, carried a similar report, suggesting it was the captain who cut the flow of fuel.
The Federation of Indian Pilots has sent legal notices to the two media organisations, calling the reports "irresponsible" and "speculative". - Bernama
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