Air India, Boeing 787 Dreamliner
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The report and India’s inspection order referred to an advisory from the Federal Aviation Administration in 2018 that recommended that carriers using Boeing models, including the 787, inspect the locking mechanism of the fuel control switches to ensure they could not be moved accidentally.
Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration issues a notification that 787 fuel switches are safe after India's preliminary crash report published.
International airlines from South Korea and India are preparing to inspect its Boeing fleets following findings from the Air India crash investigation.
A focus on the Boeing 787’s fuel switches in a preliminary assessment raised questions about the pilots’ actions, but much is still unknown about Flight 171.
The deadly Air India crash has renewed a decades-old debate in the aviation industry over installing video cameras to monitor airline pilot actions.