New Delhi, Feb. 3 -- Air India, a Tata Airline, on Tuesday began inspecting fuel control switches across its Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet after a pilot reported a possible defect in a fuel control switch yesterday.

According to sources, Inspections of half the fleet have been completed with no glitches found so far. However, inspections of the remaining aircraft are still ongoing.

It further mentioned that the airline has escalated the matter to Boeing for a priority evaluation. Sources also stated that no adverse findings have been reported so far during the precautionary fleet-wide re-inspection of the Fuel Control Switches (FCS).

Earlier, an Air India Boeing 787-8 aircraft was grounded after a pilot reported a possible defect in the ...