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How a Fuel Switch Flaw on Boeing 787s Sparked a Global Safety Scramble
The initial probe of Air India Flight 171’s fatal crash on June 12, 2025, has put the focus on a key piece of equipment: the fuel cutoff switches on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The chain of ...
Mathrubhumi English1d
Did a veteran pilot accidentally kill 260 people? Inside the fuel switch mystery on doomed Air India Flight 171
A cockpit recording has ignited global controversy after revealing that the fuel switches on Air India Flight 171 may have ...
Al Jazeera on MSN1d
What happened to the fuel-control switches on doomed Air India flight 171?
According to a report published on Wednesday by The Wall Street Journal quoting sources close to United States officials’ ...
India Today on MSN1d
AI-171 fuel switch-off mystery: All expert theories we have heard so far
Experts are debating how Air India Flight 171's fuel control switch turned to CUT OFF mid-air, with theories pointing to ...
AI171 crash: Boeing 787 had similar fuel switch issue in 2019, says expert
According to US aviation expert Mary Schiavo, a 2019 All Nippon Airways (ANA) flight in Japan experienced a similar issue, ...
AFP on MSN1d
Air India probe of Boeing 787 fuel control switches finds no issues
Air India's inspection of the locking feature on the fuel control switches of its existing Boeing 787 aircraft found no ...
The Financial Express2d
Air India crash: ‘Boeing 787 experienced fuel switch cut-off in 2019 too,’ says US aviation expert; ‘Japan pilots never touched it’
A US-based aviation attorney exclusively told FinancialExpress.com that in 2019, a Boeing 787 aircraft experienced a fuel ...
Amid Air India probe, US FAA, Boeing notify fuel switch locks are safe, document, sources say
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing have privately issued notifications that the fuel switch locks on Boeing ...
'Switch could be at the same point': Expert says electrical malfunction may have caused fuel switch cut off before AI plane crash
According to the expert, an electrical malfunction could also have resulted in the aircraft’s fuel switches being cut off ...