India, Feb. 2 -- After a possible problem in a fuel switch of one of the Boeing 787-8 aircraft in the Air India fleet, aviation safety platform Safety Matters Foundation (SMF) urged the "highest level of scrutiny" into the issue.

"Today, during the operation of Air India Flight Al132 (London Heathrow to Bengaluru), the crew reported abnormal behaviour of the LEFT engine fuel control switch on Boeing 787-8 aircraft VT-ANX," ANI news agency quoted SMF as saying.

When starting the engine of the Boeing aircraft, which has now been grounded by Air India, the switch allegedly failed to remain locked in the 'run' position despite two attempts, and moved towards the 'cut-off' position, SMF said in a statement. The body added that this malfuncti...