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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Oliver Holmes

Indian regulator orders airlines to check Boeing fuel switches after plane crash report

A firefighter stands by wreckage of the crashed Air India plane.
A preliminary report found both engines of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which crashed killing 260 people, had been starved of fuel, Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters

India’s aviation regulator has ordered the country’s airlines to examine fuel switches on Boeing aircraft, after a preliminary report on the Air India flight 171 crash in June showed the fuel supply had been cut seconds after takeoff.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation said it had issued the order after several domestic and international airlines began making their own inspections of the locking mechanisms attached to the switches.

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