Air India has completed the inspection of the locking mechanism of fuel control switches in its Boeing 787 planes and did not find any issues, according to an airline official.
According to PTI, the aviation watchdog DGCA directed airlines to inspect the fuel switch locking system in their Boeing 787 and 737 planes against the backdrop of AAIB’s preliminary report stating that fuel switches were cut off before the Air India plane crash that killed 260 people last month.
“Over the weekend, our Engineering team initiated precautionary inspections on the locking mechanism of Fuel Control Switch on all our Boeing 787 aircraft. The inspections have been completed and no issues were found,” the official said, quoting an internal message sent to Air India pilots.
As per PTI report , The official also said that all the Boeing 787-8 aircraft have undergone Throttle Control Module replacement as per the Boeing maintenance schedule. FCS is part of this module.
FCS regulate the flow of fuel into the aircraft engines. In its preliminary report on the Boeing 787-8 crash released on Saturday, the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau said the fuel supply to both engines of the plane was cut off within a gap of one second, causing confusion in the cockpit soon after take off.
