AI orders fuel switch check on its Boeing 787 fleet after glitch
New Delhi, Feb. 4 -- Air India has ordered a precautionary fleet-wide reinspection of the Fuel Control Switch (FCS) latch on its Boeing 787 aircraft after a pilot flagged a possible defect during operations earlier this week, prompting the airline to ground one aircraft and escalate the matter to aircraft manufacturer Boeing.
The aircraft, which the airline later grounded, operated flight AI132 from London to Bengaluru and landed at Bengaluru on Monday morning with at least 200 people on board. The issue was subsequently highlighted by the pilot in command (PIC) in the aircraft's logbook.
According to Safety Matters Foundation, an independent aviation safety education platform, the pilot of the aircraft reported abnormal behaviour of the LEFT engine fuel control switch on a Boeing 787-8 aircraft, VT-ANX.
"During engine start, the switch failed to remain locked in the RUN position on two attempts, moving towards CUTOFF - a malfunction that could, under specific conditions, lead to an inadvertent engine shutdown in flight," the platform said.
"Following the reported defect involving a Fuel Control Switch on one of our B787 aircraft, Engineering has escalated the matter to Boeing ," Air India said.P6...
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