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Families Sue Boeing Over Air India Horror Crash That Killed 260 — Say 'Faulty Switches' Turned Plane Into Fireball

Families of victims from the Air India Flight 171 crash that killed 260 people are suing Boeing and Honeywell in Delaware, alleging defective fuel switches caused both engines to shut down, turning the 787 Dreamliner into a fireball.

International Business Times UK

Families Sue Boeing And Honeywell Over Catastrophic Air India Crash

Boeing Co. (NYSE:BA) is facing renewed legal challenges after families of victims from a deadly crash in India filed suit against the aerospace giant and Honeywell International Inc. (NASDAQ:HON).

Benzinga

Air India crash victims’ families sue Boeing and aircraft parts maker as pilot’s father demands new probe

Families of four crash victims accuse Boeing and Honeywell of negligence while pilot’s father says preliminary inquiry unfairly maligned his son

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Families of victims in Air India crash sue Boeing and Honeywell

The lawsuit alleges that the incident in June was caused by faulty fuel switches and accuses Boeing and Honeywell of negligence.

Euronews

FAA seeks $3.1 million in fines from Boeing over safety violations, 2024 midair panel blowout

The Federal Aviation Administration is seeking $3.1 million in fines from Boeing over safety violations, including an incident in January last year where an Alaska Airlines jetliner lost a door plug panel on its fuselage in midflight

The Independent UK

Air India crash families ‘facing silence and indifference’ from authorities

Briton Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, survived the disaster that killed 241 people on board.

Evening Standard

Lawyer for Air India families says one key theory has emerged to explain crash

INTERVIEW: Mike Andrews, an attorney for the families of more than 100 victims, tells Namita Singh that they do not buy the implication that pilot error was to blame

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Proposals for commercial planes to operate with one pilot shelved after critical EU report

Regulator Easa concludes there is not enough evidence it is as safe as flying with two pilots as currently required

The Guardian - UK

India’s flight safety systems face ‘existential threat’ from staff shortage, committee warns

MPs say aviation watchdog is facing a ‘profound and persistent shortage’ of staff with almost half its posts unfilled

The Independent UK

Fact check: Google Lens’s AI overviews shared misleading information

An investigation found the search tool failed to identify certain images as inauthentic and shared incorrect information about what some images show.

Evening Standard

Families of Air India crash victims demand ‘immediate release’ of black box recordings

Two black boxes were recovered after the crash but only a preliminary report has been released so far

The Independent UK

‘Gates shut, phones silent’: After Air India crash, transparency ‘nosedived’ at civil aviation ministry

Since the Air India crash in June, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has allegedly imposed unofficial restrictions on journalists, including those with official Press Information Bureau accreditation.

Newslaundry

British woman had wrong body returned after losing her brother in Air India crash

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The Independent UK

Sister of This Morning star who died in Air India crash reveals family received wrong body

A woman whose brother died in the Air India crash has revealed that her family received the remains of the wrong person.

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More than 3,000 Boeing workers who build fighter jets go on strike

Boeing said they were ‘disappointed’ by their employees' decision

The Independent UK

Why Air India flight to London was forced to abort take-off

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The Independent UK

Air India flight to London aborts take-off due to technical issue weeks after fatal crash

Flight AI2017, which was scheduled to depart Delhi for London on Thursday, was brought to a halt

Evening Standard

Air India flight to London aborts takeoff due to technical issue

The Boeing 787-9 aircraft was forced to exit the runway just minutes before it was due to depart

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Air India crash: HC dismisses plea seeking guidelines for media coverage

The Madras High Court has dismissed a plea that sought guidelines for media coverage of aviation accidents from the Ministry of Civil Aviation, the Director General of Civil Aviation, and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, LiveLaw reported.

Evening Standard

Over 50 safety lapses found at Air India by the country's aviation watchdog

Lack of adequate training for some pilots, the use of unapproved simulators and a poor rostering system, were some of the failures highlighted at Air India

The Independent UK

Air India safety audit finds over 50 lapses in wake of deadly Ahmedabad crash

Indian aviation regulator reveals major security lapses amid increased scrutiny of airline

Evening Standard

Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner forced into emergency landing after engine failure — just weeks after Air India crash

The incident bears an eerie similarity to the Ahmedabad disaster, where the same make of aircraft suffered a severe malfunction

The Independent UK

Boeing Dreamliner flight forced to land moments after take-off due to mechanical issue

United Airlines declined to comment on the specific nature of the malfunction

International Business Times UK

Boeing 787 Dreamliner Crash Narrowly Avoided After Engine Failure Triggers Mayday Call

According to flight data and air traffic recordings, the aircraft's left engine failed as it was climbing after departure.

The Independent UK

NTSB hearings will focus on fatal Army helicopter-passenger jet crash. Here's what to know

The National Transportation Safety Board will hold three days of hearings on the fatal midair collision between a passenger jet and an Army helicopter

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