Air India, Ahmedabad and fuel switches
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Gatwick flights, shifting them to Heathrow and adjusting several international routes from August 1 amid safety reviews following the AI171 crash.
A preliminary finding into last month’s Air India plane crash has suggested the aircraft’s fuel control switches were turned off, starving the engines of fuel and causing a loss of engine thrust shortly after takeoff.
Indian Commercial Pilots’ Association (ICPA) on Sunday said the crew of the AI 171 flight that crashed last month acted in line
Air India will partially restore its international flight schedule which were put on hold following the flight AI171 plane crash on June 12, the airline said on Tuesday. “The pause enabled Air India to perform additional precautionary checks on its Boeing 787 aircraft as well as accommodating longer flying times arising from airspace closures over Pakistan and the Middles East,
Air India announced the resumption of flight operations between Ahmedabad and London Heathrow from August 1, replacing the previous route to Gatwick, following a Boeing 787-8 crash. The airline will gradually restore domestic and international flights,