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Soon after India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) released the preliminary report into the AI 171 accident on July 12, An Etihad Airways Boeing 787 aircraft underwent a fuel control switch locking mechanism inspection.
The Airways issued an engineering work order for the aircraft that diverted back to Abu Dhabi minutes after it took off for Hyderabad.
The locking mechanism of fuel control switches on Boeing aircraft is at the centre of investigation into the June 12 Air India AI-171 Boeing 787 accident which killed around 270 people.
According to the reports, the directives said that...