The report and India’s inspection order referred to an advisory from the Federal Aviation Administration in 2018 that recommended that carriers using Boeing models, including the 787, inspect the locking mechanism of the fuel control switches to ensure they could not be moved accidentally.

India's aviation regulator has ordered airlines to inspect fuel control switches on certain Boeing models. This follows a preliminary report on last month’s Air India crash, which killed 260

India on Monday ordered its airlines to examine fuel switches on several Boeing models while South Korea ordered a similar measure on Tuesday, as scrutiny intensified of fuel switch locks at the centre of an investigation into a deadly Air India crash.