Air India completes fuel switch checks on Boeing planes after crash report

Air India, in a official statement on Tuesday, announced that it has completed the fuel control switch inspection of its Boeing fleets.

NEW DELHI: (Bernama) Air India said on Tuesday (July 22) it has completed fuel switch checks on all its Boeing 787 and Boeing 737 aircraft as ordered by India's aviation regulator.

An initial report this month on the June 12 crash of the Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner found that fuel to both engines was abruptly cut off seconds before the plane went down after takeoff from Ahmedabad airport in Gujarat state.