The US Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing, opens new tab have privately issued notifications that the fuel switch ...

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing have privately assured that fuel switch locks on Boeing aircraft, including the 787, are safe - despite concerns raised by last month's deadly Air ...

Until the recent Ahmedabad crash, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner had maintained an impressive safety record, but it has not been free from controversy.

Fuel switch locks have come under scrutiny after a mention of a 2018 advisory from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in a preliminary report into last month's crash of Air India's Boeing ...

The FAA's notice, addressed to foreign civil a viation authorities on July 11, followed a preliminary investigation report on the AI171 crash, involving a Boeing 787-8, in which over 275 people were ...

Etihad Airways has directed pilots to handle Boeing 787 fuel switches with caution, following the US aviation safety ...

The development comes right after the release of the preliminary report which analysed the possible causes of the Air India flight crash.

While Boeing has claimed that the fuel switch locks are safe, a stance supported by a new FAA notification, the move by ...

US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Boeing have since issued internal notifications stating that the fuel switch ...

The directive comes after a probe report on the Air India plane crash said that both fuel switches flipped from 'RUN' to the 'CUTOFF' shortly after take-off.

The Etihad bulletin dated July 12 instructed pilots to “exercise caution when operating the fuel control switches or any ...

Etihad Airways and Singapore Airlines have launched checks on Boeing 787 fuel control switch locks following the FAA’s safety ...