India Orders Airlines to Check Fuel Switches on Boeing Jets

India orders airlines to check fuel switches on Boeing jets

India's aviation regulator gives airlines that operate in the country a week to comply with the order.

India Orders Fuel-Switch Inspection on Boeing Jets After Report

India’s civil aviation authority has ordered an inspection of cockpit fuel switches on Boeing Co. 737 and 787 aircraft operating in the country following a preliminary report into the deadly crash of an Air India 787 last month that was caused by a cut-off in kerosene supply.

India orders its airlines to check fuel switches on Boeing jets

South Korea says it will order a similar measure; US FAA and Boeing notify that fuel switch locks on aircraft are safe, document and sources say.

South Korea to Order Airlines Operating Boeing Jets to Examine Fuel Switches

The South Korean Transport Ministry said on July 14 that it is preparing to order all airlines operating Boeing aircraft in the country to examine fuel switches, in accordance with a 2018 advisory from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The foreign media spokesperson for the ministry did not give a timeline for the implementation of the checks. The Epoch Times has contacted Boeing and the South Korean Ministry of Land, Transport, an…