New Delhi, July 16 -- As the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) in its preliminary investigation report focused on fuel control switches that killed 260 people, it has now emerged that the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) had updated about similar fuel system issues on Boeing aircraft just four weeks earlier.
The UK Civil Aviation Authority's (CAA) Safety Notice SN-2015/005, issued on May 15, 2025, advised all Boeing 737, 757, 767, 777 and 787 operators to review US FAA Airworthiness Directives (AD) and implement immediate inspections or replacements. It stressed the importance of ensuring compliance through either engineering teams or flight crews and mandated updates to flight operations manuals.
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