Air India On Wednesday, the inspection of the system of ‘locking’ the fuel control switch in his Boeing 787 plane was completed and no problem was found in it. An official of the airline company of Tata Group gave this information. The aviation regulator DGCA on Monday asked the airline companies to investigate the fuel switch locking system in their Boeing 787 and 737 planes. These instructions were given a few days after the preliminary investigation report of the accident of Air India’s Boeing 787 aircraft.
A total of 297 people were killed in Air India accident
It was found in the investigation report that the fuel control switches were closed just before the accident after the take-off from Ahmedabad Airport last month. A total of 297 people were killed, including 241 out of 242 people aboard the aircraft in this horrific accident. The officer, citing an internal message sent to Air India pilots, said, “Our engineering team started a precautionary inspection of the system of locking the fuel control switch (FCS) of all our Boeing 787 aircraft. The inspection has been completed and no problem was found. ”
What has come up in AAIB report
The official also informed that according to the Boeing Maintenance Program, the throttle control module has been adopted in all Boeing 787-8 aircraft. FCS is part of this module. Fuel control switches control the flow of fuel into the engine of the aircraft. The Air Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) released its preliminary report on Saturday after Air India’s Boeing 787-8 aircraft crashed. The AAIB has said in its report that the switches that deliver fuel in both the engine of Air India flight AI-171 had stopped only a few seconds after the take-off, due to which the fuel in the engine had stopped reaching and the aircraft immediately fell victim to the accident.
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