On the 14th, India's Directorate General of Civil Aviation issued a directive requiring all domestic airline operators to urgently inspect the fuel switches and their locking systems on certain Boeing aircraft before the 21st.
This directive stems from a preliminary crash investigation report recently released by India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau. The report pointed out that in the Indian passenger plane crash that occurred one month ago, the fuel switch of the aircraft involved was turned from 'run' to 'cutoff' before the crash, resulting in an interruption of fuel supply to the engine. The report also revealed that the US Federal Aviation Administration had issued a notice in 2018, recommending operators of Boeing 787 and other models to check the locking function of the fuel switch, to ensure that the switch would not accidentally change positions.
According to The Times of India, this urgent inspection involves Boeing 787, 747, and 737 models, with operators including Air India, IndiGo, SpiceJet, and several other Indian airlines.
On June 12, an Air India Boeing 787-8 passenger plane flying from India to the United Kingdom crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad airport in Gujarat, India. According to Indian media reports, the crash resulted in 274 deaths, including 33 people on the ground.