Air India, Boeing and fuel switch locks
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Inside the Air India Dreamliner Crash Investigation: Forensic Engine Analysis, Black Box Decoding, and Systemic Safety QuestionsYou can see from the debris whether the engines were producing power at impact—turbines break apart differently when they’re traveling very high,” said Peter Goelz, former managing director of the US National Transportation Safety Board.
A cockpit recording of dialogue between the two pilots of the Air India flight that crashed last month supports the view that the captain cut the flow of fuel to the plane's engines, said a source briefed on U.
Air India says it has completed precautionary inspections on the locking mechanism of fuel control switches for select Boeing aircrafts. The airline said Tuesday that “no issues” were found.
International airlines from South Korea and India are preparing to inspect its Boeing fleets following findings from the Air India crash investigation.
Air India plane crash investigators have found both of the Boeing 787's "black boxes," hopefully brining an understanding of the cause of the disaster a step closer.
Investigators probing the deadly Air India crash on June 12 have confirmed that sabotage has not been ruled out. Some 274 victims were killed when the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner plunged into a building, shortly after it took off from Ahmedabad Airport in India on its journey to London Gatwick in the United Kingdom.