VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WVEC) -- After more than a week of living with fumes from a jet fuel leak... people in Virginia Beach finally have some answers about how this happened. Late on the night of ...

NEW DELHI: The crash of Air India flight AI 171 on June 12 has been traced back to a sudden and unexplained fuel cutoff to both engines just three seconds after takeoff from Ahmedabad, the Aircraft ...

Families of those killed in last month’s Air India crash are demanding justice after a preliminary investigation revealed that both engine fuel control switches had been set to “cutoff” seconds after ...

Following a preliminary report on the recent Air India plane crash that killed 260 people, India’s aviation authority has ordered the nation’s airlines to inspect the fuel switch locks on their Boeing ...

Following the Air India Flight 171 crash, the FAA and Boeing have privately affirmed the safety of fuel switch locks on Boeing aircraft. India's AAIB preliminary report questioned if the fuel switches ...

Air India states it has found no issues with the fuel-control switch locking mechanisms on its Boeing 787 fleet, after inspections prompted by the crash at Ahmedabad last month. Preliminary findings ...

Pilots typically operate the fuel control switches during two key phases: At engine start-up on the ground and during engine shutdown after landing. Kindly note the image has been posted only for ...

To be sure, the FAA at the time recommended, but did not mandate, an inspection of the locking feature of the fuel cutoff switches India’s civil aviation regulator on Monday ordered airlines to ...

FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford suggests the AI 171 crash wasn't due to mechanical failure or accidental fuel control switch movement. He stated that they are confident that the crash was not due to ...

Wreckage showing the tail section of the Air India Boeing 787-8 is pictured in a residential area near the airport in Ahmedabad on June 14, 2025, after the aircraft operating as flight 171 crashed ...