AI 171 crash aftermath: Air India completes inspection of gasoline switches in Boeing jets; ‘no points discovered,’ says official

NEW DELHI: Air India has accomplished operating checks on the locking mechanism of “gasoline management change” (FCS) on all its Boeing 787 plane and located nothing unsuitable with them. “All our Boeing 787-8 plane have additionally undergone throttle management module (TCM) substitute as per the Boeing upkeep schedule. The FCS is a part of this module,” the airline informed pilots late Wednesday. AI now has 33 Dreamliners. The Directorate Normal of Civil Aviation had directed Indian operators to examine the FCS on sure Boeing plane, together with some fashions of the B737s and all B787 Dreamliners. “Over the weekend, our engineering staff initiated precautionary inspections on the locking mechanism of FCS on all our Boeing 787 plane. The inspections have been accomplished and no points have been discovered. With this, Air India has complied with the directives of the DGCA issued on Monday (July 14),” the airline informed pilots, including, “Please proceed to stay vigilant and report any defect within the technical Log, as per the present reporting course of. (A sure) instrument can be out there, ought to there be any considerations recognized throughout operations.”The AAIB prelim report into the crash of AI 171 has been drawing fireplace for propounding a “suicide concept” which pilots strongly dispute. They’ve appealed to not drawing any hasty conclusions from the AAIB prelim report.“A Dreamliner with a Japanese airline not too long ago suffered twin engine failure submit touchdown with out the pilots altering the place of FSC from run to cutoff. Twin engine failure can occur because of any cause and the FCS change can toggle with out human intervention too. For the AAIB to phrase its report in a fashion that casts aspersions on the 2 pilots who should not there to defend themselves is reprehensible,” say a number of pilots.