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No fix needed: FAA, Boeing defend fuel switches amid Air India crash probe, says report
The FAA’s Continued Airworthiness Notification, dated July 11, was issued days after India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) released its initial findings into last month’s fatal Air India 787-8 crash, which killed all 260 people on board. The report questioned how the aircraft’s engine fuel cutoff switches flipped during takeoff.

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Air India crash updates: Report hinting at pilot error over fuel switch cut off sparks union fury
Cause Revealed of Air India Plane Crash: Fuel Was Turned Off and 1 Pilot Blamed the Other, Preliminary Report Shows
Why cockpit audio deepens the mystery of Air India crash
Just seconds after take-off, both of the 12-year-old Boeing 787 Dreamliner's fuel-control switches abruptly moved to the "cut-off" position, starving the engines of fuel and triggering total power lo...

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Timeline Details Final Seconds of Crashed Air India Flight
Air India Crash Investigation Finds Fuel Was Cut Seconds After Takeoff
Fuel to engines cut off before Air India crash, preliminary report says
Experts had previously speculated that birds could have caused the crash, but the report said that "no significant bird activity" was observed in the vicinity of the plane's flight path.

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Investigation into deadly Air India crash finds plane's engine fuel cut-off switches were flipped off
Fuel switches cut off just before deadly Air India crash, early report says
Amid Air India probe, US FAA, Boeing notify fuel switch locks are safe, document, sources say
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing have privately issued notifications that the fuel switch locks on Boeing planes are safe, with the FAA saying they are safe, a document seen by Reuters showed and four sources with knowledge of the matter said.
Factbox-Inside the cockpit: How Air India's Boeing Dreamliner flight ended in disaster
(Reuters) -A preliminary report into the Air India crash that killed 260 people last month showed the plane's engines fuel cutoff switches almost simultaneously flipped from run to cutoff, starving the engines of fuel.
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