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Amid the growing furor over thefuel switch locks in theAIB report on the Air India Dreamliner crash,the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has now asked all Indian carriers to conduct checks on fuel control switches of Boeing aircraft, including the B787 Dreamliner and some B737s.
The preliminary report into the June 12 Air India crash in Ahmedabad states that fuel supply to the engines was cut off as position of the fuel supply switch was changed from run to cutoff and then back to run again.
Some foreign airlines, including Etihad have already begun these checks on their Dreamliners...