New Delhi, June 13 -- India's civil aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), has ordered Air India to carry out additional maintenance actions on its fleet of Boeing 787-8/9 aircraft equipped with General Electric's GEnx engines with immediate effect. The order comes a day after the tragic crash of Air India flight AI-171 in which 265 people lost their lives.

The DGCA ordered Air India to conduct a one-time check before the departure of all flights from India from midnight on 15 June. The airline has been ordered to inspect fuel parameter monitoring and the cabin air compressor and associated systems. Air India must also conduct checks of the electronic engine control system and the oil system, and a servicea...