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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

More airlines asked to check fuel switches on Boeing jets after Ahmedabad crash

India's aviation authorities have ordered its airlines to examine fuel switches on Boeing aircraft after a preliminary report on the fatal Air India flight crash last month found that the fuel supply was cut off after takeoff.

At least 260 people died after a London-bound Air India 787 Boeing Dreamliner crashed shortly after takeoff from the Ahmedabad airport in India's western state of Gujarat in one of the worst aviation disasters in history.

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