Airlines are inspecting Boeing 787 fuel switches
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The deadly Air India crash last month has renewed a decades-old debate in the aviation industry over installing video cameras monitoring airline pilot actions to complement the cockpit voice and flight data recorders already used by accident investigators.
Captain Randhawa dismissed the claims as baseless and vowed to take action against the publication, saying the preliminary report on the Air India plane crash makes no mention of the pilots turning of
Cockpit audio from Air India flight indicates fuel supply may have been cut off by the captain, according to the WSJ. The pilots' body rejected the claim.
International airlines from South Korea and India are preparing to inspect its Boeing fleets following findings from the Air India crash investigation.
The investigation report says Air India did not carry out those inspections - prompting speculation that the accident could have been caused by faulty switches being flipped by accident. However, in an internal note seen by the BBC, the FAA has since reiterated its belief that the issue did not compromise safety.