Some airlines checking Boeing fuel switches after Air India crash

Some airlines checking Boeing fuel switches after Air India crash

By Abhigit Ganapavar and Lisa Barrington New Delhi (Reuters) -Nindia on Monday ordered its airlines to look at the fuel switches of several Boeing models, while South Korea ordered a similar measure on Tuesday as the inspection intensified with the switching of the fuel switching at the center of the death of a deadly crash. … Read more

Why Pilot Cabin audio deepens the mystery of Air India crash

Why Pilot Cabin audio deepens the mystery of Air India crash

Investigators have made a freezing discovery in the preliminary investigation of the Air India Flight 171 crash, which killed 260 people in June. Just seconds after departure, the 12-year-old Boeing 787 Dreamliner Control Control has moved sharply to the cutting position, starving fuel engines and triggering the overall power loss. The switch to “cut” is … Read more

Air India crash report shows pilot confusion over engine switch movement

Air India crash report shows pilot confusion over engine switch movement

By Aditi Calra, Alison Lamp and Abhigit Ganapavar New Delhi (Reuters) -The pre -triggering reports confusion in the cockpit shortly before the Air India plane crashed and killed 260 people last month after the airplane fuel switches turned almost simultaneously and hungry fuel engines. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, bound to London by the Indian city … Read more

Air India Jet Focus on Focus as Crash’s preliminary report is approaching

Air India Jet Focus on Focus as Crash’s preliminary report is approaching

By Alison Lumpert and David Shepherdson (Reuters) -A truncated report on Air India’s deadly disaster in June is expected to be published by Friday, three sources with knowledge on the matter, adding that the probe has narrowed its focus on the movement of fuel control switches on the aircraft. The London-Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which began … Read more