India’s aviation regulator has ordered the country’s airlines to inspect fuel control switches in Boeing aeroplanes, after their reported involvement in a fatal Air India crash that killed 260 people in June.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said the order follows Indian and international airlines already starting to carry out their own checks.
It comes after the US Federal Aviation Administration said on Monday that the fuel control switches in Boeing aeroplanes are safe.
I don’t know. It seems like inspecting the fuel switches would be simple due diligence here.
India could still be attempting to shift blame, of course, but this move seems perfectly reasonable to me.
Due care, technically.