Air India finds no issues with locking mechanism of fuel control switch in B787 planes

On Monday, aviation watchdog DGCA directed airlines to inspect the substance power locking strategy successful their Boeing 787 and 737 planes

Air India connected Wednesday completed the inspection of the locking mechanics of substance power switches successful its Boeing 787 planes and did not find immoderate issues, according to an hose official.

On Monday, aviation watchdog DGCA directed airlines to inspect the substance power locking strategy successful their Boeing 787 and 737 planes against the backdrop of AAIB's preliminary study stating that substance switches were chopped disconnected earlier the Air India level clang that killed 260 radical past month.

"Over the weekend, our engineering squad initiated precautionary inspections connected the locking mechanics of Fuel Control Switch (FCS) connected each our Boeing 787 aircraft. The inspections person been completed and nary issues were found," the authoritative said, quoting an interior connection sent to Air India pilots.

The authoritative said each Boeing 787-8 craft person undergone Throttle Control Module (TCM) replacement arsenic per the Boeing attraction schedule. FCS is portion of this module.

FCS regulates the travel of substance into the craft engines. In its preliminary study connected the Boeing 787-8 clang released connected Saturday, the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) said the substance proviso to some engines of the level was chopped disconnected wrong a spread of 1 second, causing disorder successful the cockpit soon aft take-off.

A 15-page preliminary probe study into the Air India level clang revealed that fuel-control switches of the 2 engines moved from the "run" to the "cutoff" position, wrong the abstraction of 1 second, starring to contiguous nonaccomplishment of altitude.

"In the cockpit dependable recording, 1 of the pilots is heard asking the different wherefore did helium chopped off? The different aviator responded that helium did not bash so," the study said.

AAIB, which mentioned astir FAA's SAIB successful the report, did not suggest immoderate recommended action.

The hose has besides asked pilots to stay vigilant and study immoderate defect successful the method log, arsenic per the existing reporting process, the authoritative added.