Just a month before an Air India Boeing 787-8 crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad, the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) had raised red flags about a potential safety issue involving the ...

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 ...

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.

Thirteen passengers with confirmed tickets were left stranded at Bhuj Airport, Gujarat, due to an unexpected operational adjustment by Air India.

South Korea is set to order airlines to inspect fuel switch locking systems on Boeing aircraft following the deadly Air India Boeing 787 crash.

India’s aviation regulator has ordered airlines to inspect fuel switch locks on Boeing aircraft after a report on the Air India Flight 171 crash showed both engines lost fuel seconds after takeoff.

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” ...

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 ...

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

The probe into last month's crash of an Air India plane in Ahmedabad is far from over and it is unwise to jump to premature ...