Recent data reveals sixty-five in-flight engine shutdowns in India over five years. Eleven Mayday calls occurred in the last seventeen months. Fuel issues and mechanical failures are primary causes.

The FAA directive specifically called attention to fuel shutoff valve actuators, raising them as a possible safety hazard.

The UK Civil Aviation Authority issued a safety notice on fuel control switches on Boeing 787s weeks before the Air India ...

Seeking transparency regarding the authorship of the report, Congress leader Priyanka Chaturvedi said the names of all members of the investigation panel should be made public.

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” ...

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 ...

New Delhi, Jul 14 (PTI) It was human error that led to the fuel switches being cut off before Air India's Boeing 787-8 plane crashed in Ahmedabad last month, and there also should have been more ...

Medical records for an Air India pilot killed in last month’s crash are reportedly now being reviewed by investigators amid ...

Until the recent Ahmedabad crash, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner had maintained an impressive safety record, but it has not been free from controversy.

A preliminary report about the fatal Air India crash resurfaced a 2018 Federal Aviation Administration notice about Boeing's ...

The move comes in the wake of the initial probe report by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) into the June ...