Air India clears Boeing 787 fuel switch scare

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Air India's B787 plane grounded after engine fuel control switch fault
An Air India Boeing 787 aircraft -- operating between London and Bengaluru -- on Monday reported abnormal behaviour of the left engine fuel control switch, which failed to remain locked in the “Run” p...

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Air India grounds London-Bengaluru flight after fuel control switch fault detected
Air India grounds Boeing jet after pilot flags possible fuel control switch defect
Air India 787 fuel switch: Incorrect procedure may have led to issue; DGCA to look at other aspects
Aviation watchdog DGCA's initial examination of the fuel control switch issue in one of Air India's Dreamliner has found that "apparently correct procedure" was not followed in operating the switch, a...

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No issue found with Air India Dreamliner fuel control switches, says DGCA
Air India To Send 'Defected' Fuel Switch Of Its Plane To Boeing For Inspection
Air India begins inspection of fuel control switches in Boeing 787 fleet — Here's all we know
As per the sources, Air India's Senior Vice President for Flight Operations, Manish Uppal, told Boeing 787 pilots that the airline has initiated a fleet-wide re-inspection of the aircraft's fuel contr...

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Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner grounded after pilots report possible defect in fuel control switch
DGCA rules out glitch in Air India Dreamliner, calls for pilot training on fuel switch use
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Fault within aircraft that jet fuel switch turned off automatically: Civil aviation expert on AI171 preliminary crash report

Civil aviation expert Sanat Kaul has said that the preliminary report by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) on the Air India flight AI171 crash suggests that "some fault within the aircraft" led to the jet fuel switches turning off ...
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Firefighter switch with arc fault detection

The term firefighter switch indicates a remotely controllable DC Disconnect with which the DC side of a photovoltaic system in proximity of the modules (or directly below the cable outlet) can be disconnected. The disconnection of DC lines within a ...