India, Feb. 3 -- Air India is again inspecting the fuel-control switch (FCS) mechanism on its fleet of Boeing 787 and 737 planes, a second time since the June 2025 Ahmedabad crash that preliminary findings linked to the FCS being turned off on that aircraft. More than 260 people died in that crash, and the private carrier then did a "precautionary" inspection of the locking mechanism of the FCS. It declared all planes all clear.

It's inspecting them all over again across its Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet, starting Tuesday, a day after a pilot reported a possible defect in the fuel switch on Monday.

Inspections of half the fleet have been completed with no glitches found so far, a report by news agency PTI said citing sources Tuesday after...