The US Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing, opens new tab have privately issued notifications that the fuel switch ...

Pilots typically operate the fuel control switches during two key phases: At engine start-up on the ground and during engine shutdown after landing.

The engine cutoff sequence triggered the 787’s backup power. Its ram air turbine was deployed within seconds and began supplying hydraulic power at 13:38:47. This prevented the landing gear from being ...

The FAA's notice, addressed to foreign civil a viation authorities on July 11, followed a preliminary investigation report on the AI171 crash, involving a Boeing 787-8, in which over 275 people were ...

The DGCA is expected to advise airlines using Boeing 787s to inspect the locking mechanism of fuel control switches, in the ...

Etihad Airways has directed pilots to handle Boeing 787 fuel switches with caution, following the US aviation safety ...

Air India replaces throttle control module of crashed Dreamliner after AAIB report flagged fuel switch issues; TCM was ...

While Boeing has claimed that the fuel switch locks are safe, a stance supported by a new FAA notification, the move by ...

The directive comes after a probe report on the Air India plane crash said that both fuel switches flipped from 'RUN' to the 'CUTOFF' shortly after take-off.

This tragedy reminds us that aviation safety depends on patient and thorough investigation – not media soundbites or ...

Fuel control switches for the engines of an Air India flight that crashed last month were moved from the “run” to the “cutoff ...

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has said the fuel control switches in Boeing aeroplanes are safe, following ...