Air India says that the precautionary inspections of the locking mechanism of the fuel control switch on all its Boeing 787 and 737 aircraft has completed without problems.
“No problems were found in the inspections in the aforementioned locking mechanism,” Air India wrote in a statement on Tuesday.
The probe in the Air India -Crash in which 241 of the 242 people on board and 19 were killed on the ground is aimed at the fuel control switches of the Boeing 787 Jetliner, with a final report of the India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) expected within a year after the incident.
‘Turned around at the same time’
The switches control the fuel flow to aircraft engines, so that pilots can start or close them on the ground, or manually intervene during engine errors during the flight.
Air India started voluntary inspections of the switches on July 12.
India’s air -rule quickly ordered all domestic carriers to perform similar checks, so that some foreign airlines and supervisors had to follow the example.
A preliminary report from the AAIB earlier this month showed that the switches had died almost simultaneously from ‘run’ to ‘cutting off’ shortly after taking off, causing the engines to lose the power.
The report called FAA advice from 2018 that operators from different Boeing models, including the 787, encouraged to inspect the locking mechanism for switches of fuel closures to prevent unintended movement.
The FAA and Boeing have issued private reports that the fuel switch on Boeing aircraft is safe, Reuters had reported.
Luchtvaarttexperts say that turning the motor fuel switches of an aircraft takes a deliberate movement. ((ABC News))
Reuters reported last week, with reference to a source, that the cockpit recording at the Air India flight from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick suggested that the captain had cut fuel to the engines.
The AAB has said it is too early to draw conclusions.
Air India operates a fleet of Boeing 787 Twin-Aisle-Jets during its long-distance activities, while cheap unit Air India Express de Boeing 737 Single-Aisle Jets operates.
Reuters
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