At least two pilot unions in India have strongly rebutted speculation that pilot error or intentional action caused the crash ...

After the Air India crash in Ahmedabad, the Indian aviation regulator and other airlines across the world have ordered checks ...

Mumbai: The global pilots’ body remarked that the preliminary investigation report of the AI-171 raises many questions and ...

The preliminary report into the probe of an Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad last month raises several questions but does ...

The initial investigation by India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) found that the aircraft’s fuel control ...

Just weeks before the deadly crash of an Air India Boeing 787-8 in Ahmedabad, the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) had ...

Recent data reveals sixty-five in-flight engine shutdowns in India over five years. Eleven Mayday calls occurred in the last ...

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

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” ...

To be sure, the FAA at the time recommended, but did not mandate, an inspection of the locking feature of the fuel cutoff ...

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 ...

The captain’s seat dislocated and slid backwards during take-off, triggering the crash of Air India flight AI 171; or the ...