India: airlines ordered to inspect Boeing airplane models after crash

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India: airlines ordered to inspect Boeing airplane models after crash  An Air India Boeing airplane crashed in northwestern India in June, killing all people on board but one passenger. India's aviation regulator has now ordered  airlines to examine fuel control switches on several Boeing models.  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/07/15/india-airlines-ordered-to-inspect-boeing-airplane-models-after-crash  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00A month has passed since the crash.

00:04On Monday, India's aviation regulator ordered airlines to inspect the fuel control switches of several Boeing aircraft models in their fleets.

00:13The announcement comes as an investigation into a deadly Air India crash in northwestern India that killed 260 people in June

00:20found that the switches shifted within one second of each other, starving both engines of the plane of fuel.

00:26The report, however, did not name any causes for why the plane crashed.

00:32It also did not say how the switches could have flipped from run position to the cutoff during the flight.

00:38India's Directorate General of Civil Aviation stated the directive would apply to Boeing 787 Dreamliners and select Boeing 737 variants.

00:48Airlines must complete inspections and submit their findings to the regulator by July 21st.

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