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The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing have privately issued notifications that the fuel switch locks on Boeing planes are safe.
The 15-page report released Friday by India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau found that the cutoff switches for both engines were switched within one second.
Fuel switches on Air India flight cut off moments before fatal crash: Preliminary report Flight AI171 was operating from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick, the airline said.
FAA and Boeing said fuel switch locks on aircraft are safe, despite initial reports that fuel supply was cut off in recent Air India crash.
A preliminary report into the Air India crash last month, which left at least 270 people dead, indicates that fuel to the plane's engines was shut off just seconds after the plane lifted off.
The preliminary report from the investigationg into last month's deadly Air India crash showed that seconds after takeoff, the Boeing 787 plane's engine fuel control switches were briefly flipped ...
A preliminary report by Indian authorities focuses on fuel cutoff switches as primary cause of Air India crash.
Indian investigators determined the Boeing 787 Dreamliner was properly configured and lifted off normally. But three seconds after takeoff, the engines' fuel switches were cut off.
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