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Amid Air India probe, US FAA, Boeing notify fuel switch locks are safe, document, sources say
AHMEDABAD, INDIA, JUL 13 – The FAA and Boeing maintain the fuel switch locks on Boeing 787 planes are safe despite the switches moving to cutoff before the Air India crash that killed 260 people.
- The US FAA and Boeing have privately notified that the fuel switch locks on Boeing planes are safe, according to a document and sources.
- The preliminary investigation report into the Boeing 787-8 crash raised questions about the fuel cutoff switches, but did not find an unsafe condition warranting an airworthiness directive.
- ALPA India called for a fair and fact-based inquiry, and to be made part of the probe after the report referred to a potential equipment malfunction related to a 2018 FAA advisory.
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'Fuel Switch Locks Are Safe': Boeing, US Regulator Push Back Amid Air India Plane Crash Probe
The FAA endorsed this assessment, issuing a Continued Airworthiness Notification stating the fuel control switch design doesn't pose an unsafe condition warranting action on any Boeing model.
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