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Airlines are inspecting Boeing 787 fuel switches

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Air India probe of Boeing 787 fuel control switches finds no issues
"Over the weekend, our Engineering team initiated precautionary inspections on the locking mechanism of Fuel Control Switch (FCS) on all our Boeing 787 aircraft," the airline's flight operations depa...

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Boeing, FAA say fuel switches are safe after preliminary Air India crash report
Airlines are inspecting Boeing 787 fuel switches after the first Air India crash report put them in the spotlight
How the Air India crash unfolded on ground
The preliminary report into the June 12 Air India crash near Ahmedabad, released a month later, not only detailed some of the flight’s final moments but also mapped how the wreckage spread across 37,0...

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Air India captain may have shut off fuel ahead of deadly crash, Wall Street Journal reports
A preliminary report released last week included detail about the switches, saying that the fuel to the plane's engines appeared to have been shut off just seconds after the plane lifted off.

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Air India crash probe focuses on actions of plane's captain, WSJ reports
‘Calm’ Air India captain ‘cut off’ fuel while co-pilot panicked
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Air India probe into 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 issues, an internal communication circulated within the airline said.
Air India probe finds no issues with fuel control switches on Boeing 787s, NDTV says
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.
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