New Delhi, Feb. 3 -- The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has concluded there was no glitch in the grounded Boeing Dreamliner, and asked Air India to train its pilots on the procedures to use the fuel control switches in the wide-bodied aircraft.
In its statement released on Tuesday, the regulator said the fuel switch issue reported on Air India Boeing 787-8 was not due to a mechanical fault, but due to incorrect handling. It has not directly blamed pilots or the crew in the report.
Air India had grounded a London-Bengaluru Dreamliner, after the pilot raised possible defects with fuel control switches. The flight had landed in Bengaluru on Monday.
Fuel control switches are critical cockpit components used by pilots to manag...
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