On Monday, the General Directorate for Civil Aviation (DGCA) ordered airlines to check the fuel locking system in the Boeing 787, 737 aircraft by July 21st.
The order of the air guard dog comes two days after the Air accident investigation office (AAIB) issued a preliminary report on the AI171 accident, which stated that the fuel switches of both Air India engines were interrupted by seconds before it collapsed from Ahmedabad.
What did the AAIB report reveal
The 15 -page preliminary report on the disaster revealed fuel switches of both engines that moved from the “run” to the “limit” position in the area of one second, leading to an immediate loss of altitude.
The AAIB report, which was published early on Saturday, did not even close any reason for switches moving or divided explicitly blame for the accident.
The report, however, referred to 2018 flight capacity of the US Federal Aviation Administration, which stated that on the Boeing 737s, a smaller model, “with locking function”, “with a relaxed locking function”. The locking mechanism was similar to different Boeing aircraft models, including some 787, he said.
Air India did not carry out the inspection recommended in FAA consulting in 2018 about the safety of the fuel switch because the bulletin was classified as “non-mandation”, the report said.
It was not immediately clear whether it had any link to the accident. The report provided the first detailed description of the fateful 32 seconds between the take -off in Ahmedabad and the crash to the hostel of the Faculty of Medicine just before the airport perimeter and killed all except one of 242 on board and another 19 on the ground in the deadliest air accident in decades.
The message did not provide any traces of why and who two fuel switches were moved to the limit position when the plane worn into the air, and starved two engines of the draft needed for the elevator. Excluded any affected bird or fuel contamination.
Air India’s CEO says the probe raises more questions
A preliminary report on the Air India Flight AI171 accident raised other questions last month, said the CEO of the airline, defending the suitability of pilots and aircraft that no mechanical or maintenance was marked in the report.
CAPBELL CEO Wilson said that the probe into the Air India in Ahmedabad 12.
“The release of the preliminary report meant a point at which we started to receive more details about what had happened. It is not surprising that it has provided both clarity and open other questions,” he said in an internal comment to airline employees.
He said there were no problems with fuel or take -off quality and that the pilots had passed compulsory preliminary tests for a breathing analysis.
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