Air India said on Tuesday that it had completed a precautionary inspection on the locking mechanism of the fuel control switch for select Boeing aircraft, which found “no problems”.
After a preliminary investigation of the last month’s Air India Plain Crash, it was announced that the switch turned and flipped within seconds, keeping both engines of fuel hungry.
Air India operates a fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliner for long-range operations, while auxiliary and low-cost unit Air India Express operates Boeing 737 jet for short-hall flights.
The airline said in a statement that it inspected both types of aircraft on its entire fleet.
“In inspections, there was no problem with the said locking mechanism,” said this.
260 people were killed in an investigation by India’s aircraft accident investigation bureau of Bureau of Ahmedabad on June 12 in the North-Western city of Ahmedabad, focused around the fuel control switch at Boeing 787 Jetliner. One person survived the crash.
Last week, India’s aviation regulator ordered all airlines operating several boing models to investigate the fuel control switch and submit their conclusions to the regulator by 21 July.
Air India has 33 Dreamliner in its fleet, and the Air India Express operates 75 Boeing 737 jets.
In the last few weeks, the airline has faced disruptions in services between investigation and additional safety inspections, causing flight delays, cancellations and increasing passenger concern.
On Monday, an Air India Airbus 320 flight dropped out of the runway, as it landed during heavy rainfall at the Mumbai International Airport, partially inspired to shut down under an engine of the aircraft and a temporary runway.
The southern state of Kochi flew in Kerala. The airline said in a statement that all passengers and crew members were safely decomposed and the aircraft was made the basis for check.
Indian groups captured Air India in 2022, returning the debt-sum-national carrier in private ownership after decades of government control.
A disadvantage to the $ 2.4 billion deal was seen as the government’s attempt to sell the state -run businesses. It was also a homecoming for Air India in some ways, which was launched by the Tata family in 1932.
Since the acquisition, Air India has ordered hundreds of new aircraft over $ 70 billion, re -designed its branding and livery and absorbed small airlines, with Tata betting. The company has additionally committed millions of dollars for digital overhaul of more than five dozen dozen legisla aircraft.
