Air India probe finds no issues with fuel control switches on Boeing 787s: Report

Air India has completed the inspection of fuel control switches on Boeing 787 planes with no issues being found, Indian broadcaster NDTV said on Wednesday, citing an official.

Boeing and Air India did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment. Reuters could not immediately verify the NDTV report.

India on Monday ordered its airlines to examine fuel switches on several Boeing aircraft models, while South Korea ordered a similar measure on Tuesday, as scrutiny intensified of fuel switch locks at the centre of an investigation into a deadly Air India crash last month that killed 260 people.

India's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) had said it issued an order to investigate locks on several Boeing models, including 787s and 737s, after several Indian and international airlines began making their own inspections of fuel switches.

A preliminary report released last week into the crash found
the switches had almost simultaneously flipped from run position
to cutoff shortly after takeoff.

The Boeing Dreamliner bound for London from the Indian city
of Ahmedabad began to lose thrust and sink shortly after
takeoff, according to the report on the world's deadliest
aviation accident in a decade.
(Reporting by Rishabh Jaiswal in Bengaluru; Editing by Devika
Syamnath)