Weeks after the fatal Air India Ahmedabad plane crash that killed 260 people, India’s civil aviation regulator has issued a directive to all airlines to inspect the fuel switch locking mechanism on ...

The matter came to the fore after the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) of India noted in its preliminary report ...

New clues into the plane crash reveal that the fuel switches were almost simultaneously flipped from ‘Run’ to ‘Cutoff’ just after takeoff ...

Turning an incomplete probe into a forum of speculative opinions inevitably serves the interests of those who don’t want a ...

Fuel switch locks have come under the scanner after a 2018 advisory from the FAA figured in the Aircraft Accident ...

A preliminary investigation into the crash of an Air India passenger jet last month that killed 260 people raises additional questions about the incident, and the investigation is far from over, Air ...

These switches cannot be accidentally or gently moved by pilots operating a flight. The fuel cutoff switches are spring-loaded to remain firmly in place. They operate in two modes — “CUTOFF” and “RUN” ...

India’s aviation regulator has ordered an inspection of the fuel control switch systems of Boeing and other aircraft operating in the country, following the Air India plane crash—nearly seven years ...

All four people aboard a small plane that crashed shortly after taking off from London Southend Airport are dead, police said ...

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said it had noted that several aircraft operators had initiated inspection ...

Civil aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu is expected to face several questions, particularly in the Rajya Sabha, where the ...

A death toll of 260, more than four weeks of feverish theories and a global public desperate for reassurance that it is still ...