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Air India crash captain, 56, was nicknamed ‘sad sack’, pal reveals as disaster probe ‘confirms he flipped fuel switches’
THE captain of the doomed Air India flight at the centre of a mental health probe was nicknamed “Sad Sack” in flight school, ...
Air India probe finds no issues with fuel control switches on Boeing 787s, NDTV says
Air India has completed the inspection of fuel control switches on Boeing 787 planes with no issues being found, Indian ...
Air India Crash Findings Prompt Inspections of Boeing Fuel Switches
The report and India’s inspection order referred to an advisory from the Federal Aviation Administration in 2018 that ...
Fuel switches on Air India flight cut off moments before fatal crash: Preliminary report
The Air India airliner carrying 230 passengers and 12 crew members was on its way to the United Kingdom when it crashed into ...
Some airlines checking Boeing fuel switches after Air India crash
India on Monday ordered its airlines to examine fuel switches on several Boeing models while South Korea ordered a similar ...
Air India finds no issues with fuel switches on 787s
MUMBAI - An Air India inspection of the locking feature on the fuel control switches of its Boeing 787 aircraft found no ...
Did technical snag prompt ‘uncommanded’ action of fuel switches in Air India flight?
According to the cockpit voice recordings, one of the pilots asked, “Why did you cut off?” After that, the other replied, “I ...
Amid Air India probe, US FAA, Boeing notify fuel switch locks are safe, document, sources say
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing have privately issued notifications that the fuel switch locks on Boeing ...