India aviation regulator orders airlines to check Boeing fuel switches
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Domestic Indian airlines were ordered to carry out inspections of fuel switches on Boeing aircraft in their fleets by the country's aviation regulator in the wake of last month's deadly Air India crash.
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In June, an Air India flight crash resulted in the death of 260 people. South Korea is ordering all Boeing jet fuel switches to be checked as a result.
Domestic Indian airlines were ordered to carry out inspections of fuel switches on Boeing aircraft in their fleets by the country's aviation regulator in the wake of last month's deadly Air India crash.
A preliminary report on last month’s crash, which killed 260 people, revealing both engines lost fuel due to flipped switches, without saying how this could have happened during the flight.
India and South Korea have ordered comprehensive checks of Boeing aircraft following the Ahmedabad crash which killed 260 people. A preliminary report indicates fuel switches moving to cutoff position just before impact.
