Uk Regulator Flagged Fuel Control Switches On Several Boeing Planes Four Weeks Before Air India Plane Crash

Just 4 weeks earlier nan Air India Boeing 787-8 collapsed soon aft takeoff from Ahmedabad, nan UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) had flagged substance power switches connected respective Boeing planes and ordered regular checks. The UK aviation regulator issued a information announcement connected May 15 instructing operators of 5 Boeing models, including nan 787 Dreamliner, to reappraisal a US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airworthiness Directive (AD) and find whether it affected their fleet.

The FAA directive had flagged substance shutoff valve actuators arsenic a imaginable information concern. "The FAA has issued an Airworthiness Directive (AD) addressing a imaginable unsafe information affecting substance shutoff valves installed connected nan pursuing Boeing aircraft: B737, B757, B767, B777, B787," nan CAA announcement read.

The regulator directed hose operators to test, inspect, aliases switch substance shutoff valve actuators connected Boeing 787s, among others. Moreover, nan information announcement specifically ordered that regular checks of nan substance shutoff valves beryllium carried retired connected craft impacted by nan AD.

The matter came to nan fore aft nan Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) of India noted successful its preliminary study connected nan Air India clang that substance power switches, which modulate nan travel of substance to each engine, unexpectedly moved to "CUTOFF" soon aft liftoff, disabling some engines.

Meanwhile, CEO Campbell Wilson successful a connection to prime labor of nan bearer said that nan Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau's (AAIB) preliminary study connected nan level clang recovered nary mechanical aliases attraction issues. According to nan communique, Wilson stated that each mandatory attraction checks were completed. There was nary problem pinch nan value of substance and nary abnormality during nan take-off roll, he said.

The pilots had besides passed their mandatory pre-flight breathalyser tests, which did not uncover immoderate different observations regarding their aesculapian status, he added.

Published on: Jul 15, 2025 8:48 AM IST