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Reuters • Lisa Barrington

India Mandates Fuel Switch Inspections on Boeing 737 and 787 Jets After Dreamliner Crash

India’s DGCA has ordered operators to inspect cockpit fuel control switches across 737 and 787 fleets following preliminary findings that kerosene supply shut off caused last month’s Air India 787 crash. The FAA and Boeing, however, maintain the 787’s fuel cutoff switch design meets safety standards as carriers ramp up checks.

2025-07-14T00:54:38.757024-07:00

Wall Street Journal

Air India CEO urges caution as Ahmedabad Dreamliner crash report raises questions

2025-07-14T07:10:20.515417-07:00

Financial Express

Air India 787-8 Flight 171 Crashes After Takeoff from Ahmedabad, 241 Dead and One Survivor

2025-06-12T08:53:24.625223-07:00

Air Data News

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2025-06-16T01:55:31.123005-07:00

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Wall Street Journal

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Cockpit Voice Recorder Shows Captain Disabling Fuel Switches on Air India Flight 171 A cockpit voice recording from the doomed Air India Flight 171 indicates that the captain switched off the engines’ fuel-supply controls shortly after departure, leading the younger co-pilot to question his actions, according to people familiar with the Wall Street Journal report.

2025-07-16T16:16:24.372679-07:00

Cockpit Voice Recorder Shows Captain Disabling Fuel Switches on Air India Flight 171

Times of India

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Air India Completes 787-8 Dreamliner Fuel Control Switch Inspections with No Defects Air India has concluded precautionary inspections of fuel control switch locking mechanisms and throttle control modules across its Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner fleet, finding no issues after a DGCA safety directive following the Ahmedabad crash.

2025-07-16T10:25:14.657685-07:00

Air India Completes 787-8 Dreamliner Fuel Control Switch Inspections with No Defects

FlightGlobal

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IATA’s Walsh Backs Cockpit Video Recorders After AI171 Crash IATA Director General Willie Walsh has publicly endorsed installing video cameras in commercial aircraft cockpits to complement existing voice and flight data recorders. He argues that visual evidence from the June Air India Flight AI171 hull loss would greatly aid accident investigations and bolster safety outcomes.

2025-07-16T01:28:24.541566-07:00

IATA’s Walsh Backs Cockpit Video Recorders After AI171 Crash

Bloomberg

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Air India to Gradually Reinstate International Services from August After AI171 Crash Air India will begin a phased restoration of its international flight schedule on August 1, reversing cuts made after the June 12 AI171 Boeing 787 crash that killed 260. The carrier aims to resume its full global network by early October 2025.

2025-07-15T09:15:18.649984-07:00

Air India to Gradually Reinstate International Services from August After AI171 Crash

Wall Street Journal

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Air India CEO urges caution as Ahmedabad Dreamliner crash report raises questions Air India Chief Executive Campbell Wilson urged against jumping to conclusions after India's preliminary probe into the June 12 Dreamliner crash in Ahmedabad found no mechanical faults. In an internal memo, he defended his cockpit crew's fitness, underscored the airline's maintenance record and called for continued investigative cooperation.

2025-07-14T07:10:20.515417-07:00

Air India CEO urges caution as Ahmedabad Dreamliner crash report raises questions

Reuters

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India Mandates Fuel Switch Inspections on Boeing 737 and 787 Jets After Dreamliner Crash India’s DGCA has ordered operators to inspect cockpit fuel control switches across 737 and 787 fleets following preliminary findings that kerosene supply shut off caused last month’s Air India 787 crash. The FAA and Boeing, however, maintain the 787’s fuel cutoff switch design meets safety standards as carriers ramp up checks.

2025-07-14T00:54:38.757024-07:00

India Mandates Fuel Switch Inspections on Boeing 737 and 787 Jets After Dreamliner Crash

New York Times

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Air India Crash Victims’ Families Reject AAIB Report as Vague Cover-Up, Demand Full Truth Relatives of the 241 victims of Air India Flight AI171’s June 12 Dreamliner crash have denounced the AAIB’s preliminary findings on dual engine fuel cutoff as “vague” and a potential cover-up. They are calling for full transparency and a deeper, unbiased investigation.

2025-07-13T00:29:24.265471-07:00

Air India Crash Victims’ Families Reject AAIB Report as Vague Cover-Up, Demand Full Truth

FlightGlobal

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Experts and Pilot Unions Slam AAIB’s Limited-Scope Air India AI171 Crash Report Pilot unions and safety experts have rejected the AAIB’s preliminary report into the June 12 Ahmedabad crash of Air India Flight AI171, saying its reliance on scant cockpit data and focus on pilot error obscures critical technical issues—such as engine fuel-cutoff switches—and demands a more thorough investigation.

2025-07-12T14:21:22.634468-07:00

Experts and Pilot Unions Slam AAIB’s Limited-Scope Air India AI171 Crash Report

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