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How a Fatal Fuel Switch Flaw on Boeing 787s Sparked a Global Safety ScrambleWhy did you cut off?” one of the pilots asked, as the cockpit voice recorder picked up the bewilderment that would come to characterize the worst air tragedy in a decade. The initial probe of Air India Flight 171’s fatal crash on June 12,
Kolkata: A day after DGCA ordered checks on fuel control switches of Boeing aircraft based on a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) NM-1.
Etihad Airways has directed pilots to handle Boeing 787 fuel switches with caution, following the US aviation safety regulator's reminder about its warning on unintentional switch lock disengagement