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Should Cockpits Have Video Cameras? Air India Crash Rekindles Debate
The deadly Air India crash has renewed a decades-old debate in the aviation industry over installing video cameras monitoring airline pilot actions to complement the cockpit voice and flight data recorders already used by accident investigators.
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Aviation Watchdog Orders Fuel Switch Locking System Checks On Boeing Jets
Domestic airlines operating Boeing jets have been instructed to conduct checks on fuel control switches that regulate fuel supply to the engines on those planes.
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Amid Air India Probe, US Aviation Body, Boeing Say Fuel Switch Locks Safe: Report
The US Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing have privately issued notifications that the fuel switch locks on Boeing planes are safe, with the FAA saying they are safe, a document seen by Reuters showed.
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Should Fuel Switches Have Been Changed? Expert's Take On Air India Crash
An advisory had been issued by the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) in 2018 about fuel cutoff switches moving without any force after they get worn out and, in hindsight, it would have been better if changing them had been made mandatory.
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Expert's Stunning Claim On Pilot's Role In Air India Crash
A leading aviation safety expert has suggested that the fatal crash of Air India Flight 171 may have been the result of deliberate human action, raising, for the first time, the possibility of a pilot-induced crash.
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"Don't Jump To Conclusions": Aviation Minister On Air India Crash Report
The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB)'s report on the Ahmedabad-London Air India plane crash last month is based on preliminary findings and one should not jump into conclusions, Civil Aviation Minister K Ram Mohan Naidu said.
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'Why Did You Cut Off Fuel?' Last Chat Of Pilots On Crashed Air India Plane
A month after the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad that killed at least 270 people, a preliminary report into the worst aviation accident in India in decades showed the engines' fuel switches shifted from 'RUN' to 'CUTOFF' after take-off.
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Air India Crash Probe To Offer Peek Into Jet's Final Moments
A month after the worst aviation accident in India in decades, authorities are poised to release a preliminary report into the Air India crash.
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Air India Crash Probe Focusing On Movement Of Engine Fuel Control Switches: Report
A report in the well-regarded aviation journal, The Air Current says "the ongoing investigation into the cause of the June 12 crash of Air India flight 171 has narrowed its focus to the movement of the engine fuel control switches."
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Aviation Regulator Assures Mechanism To Curb Airfare Surge, MPs Flag Safety
The aviation regulator DGCA said on Tuesday it will put in place a mechanism to curb whopping surge in air ticket prices, recently witnessed during the Maha Kumbh and post-Pahalgam terror attack.
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Air India Crash Preliminary Report To Be Submitted This Week, Will Be Made Public
The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) will submit its preliminary report on the Air India 171 plane crash to the Ministry of Civil Aviation and other relevant authorities this week.
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Aviation Watchdog Warned Air India Express About Delay On Airbus Engine Fix, Forging Records: Report
India's aviation watchdog reprimanded Air India's budget carrier, Air India Express, in March for not timely changing engine parts of an Airbus A320 as directed by European Union's aviation safety agency, and falsifying records.
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Families Of Air India Crash Victims May File Cases Against Airline In UK, US Courts
Legal teams from the US and the UK are preparing to file lawsuits against Boeing in the two countries over the Air India crash in Ahmedabad last month, in one of the worst aviation disasters the country has seen, sources have told NDTV.
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Air India Crash Preliminary Report Next Week, Will Outline Possible Causes
The preliminary probe report on the Air India crash, in which at least 270 people were killed - including 241 on board the flight - is expected to be released by July 11 and will outline the possible causes.
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Sabotage Angle Also Being Probed In Air India Crash Case: Union Minister
The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau is probing from all angles, including sabotage, the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad that killed 274 people on board and on the ground last month, Minister of State For Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol said.
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Should Cockpits Have Video Cameras? Air India Crash Rekindles Debate
The deadly Air India crash has renewed a decades-old debate in the aviation industry over installing video cameras monitoring airline pilot actions to complement the cockpit voice and flight data recorders already used by accident investigators.
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Aviation Watchdog Orders Fuel Switch Locking System Checks On Boeing Jets
Domestic airlines operating Boeing jets have been instructed to conduct checks on fuel control switches that regulate fuel supply to the engines on those planes.
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Amid Air India Probe, US Aviation Body, Boeing Say Fuel Switch Locks Safe: Report
The US Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing have privately issued notifications that the fuel switch locks on Boeing planes are safe, with the FAA saying they are safe, a document seen by Reuters showed.
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Should Fuel Switches Have Been Changed? Expert's Take On Air India Crash
An advisory had been issued by the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) in 2018 about fuel cutoff switches moving without any force after they get worn out and, in hindsight, it would have been better if changing them had been made mandatory.
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Expert's Stunning Claim On Pilot's Role In Air India Crash
A leading aviation safety expert has suggested that the fatal crash of Air India Flight 171 may have been the result of deliberate human action, raising, for the first time, the possibility of a pilot-induced crash.
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"Don't Jump To Conclusions": Aviation Minister On Air India Crash Report
The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB)'s report on the Ahmedabad-London Air India plane crash last month is based on preliminary findings and one should not jump into conclusions, Civil Aviation Minister K Ram Mohan Naidu said.
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'Why Did You Cut Off Fuel?' Last Chat Of Pilots On Crashed Air India Plane
A month after the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad that killed at least 270 people, a preliminary report into the worst aviation accident in India in decades showed the engines' fuel switches shifted from 'RUN' to 'CUTOFF' after take-off.
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Air India Crash Probe To Offer Peek Into Jet's Final Moments
A month after the worst aviation accident in India in decades, authorities are poised to release a preliminary report into the Air India crash.
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Air India Crash Probe Focusing On Movement Of Engine Fuel Control Switches: Report
A report in the well-regarded aviation journal, The Air Current says "the ongoing investigation into the cause of the June 12 crash of Air India flight 171 has narrowed its focus to the movement of the engine fuel control switches."
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Aviation Regulator Assures Mechanism To Curb Airfare Surge, MPs Flag Safety
The aviation regulator DGCA said on Tuesday it will put in place a mechanism to curb whopping surge in air ticket prices, recently witnessed during the Maha Kumbh and post-Pahalgam terror attack.
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Air India Crash Preliminary Report To Be Submitted This Week, Will Be Made Public
The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) will submit its preliminary report on the Air India 171 plane crash to the Ministry of Civil Aviation and other relevant authorities this week.
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Aviation Watchdog Warned Air India Express About Delay On Airbus Engine Fix, Forging Records: Report
India's aviation watchdog reprimanded Air India's budget carrier, Air India Express, in March for not timely changing engine parts of an Airbus A320 as directed by European Union's aviation safety agency, and falsifying records.
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Families Of Air India Crash Victims May File Cases Against Airline In UK, US Courts
Legal teams from the US and the UK are preparing to file lawsuits against Boeing in the two countries over the Air India crash in Ahmedabad last month, in one of the worst aviation disasters the country has seen, sources have told NDTV.
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Air India Crash Preliminary Report Next Week, Will Outline Possible Causes
The preliminary probe report on the Air India crash, in which at least 270 people were killed - including 241 on board the flight - is expected to be released by July 11 and will outline the possible causes.
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Sabotage Angle Also Being Probed In Air India Crash Case: Union Minister
The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau is probing from all angles, including sabotage, the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad that killed 274 people on board and on the ground last month, Minister of State For Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol said.
