Reuters
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India’s authorities is urgently inspecting all Boeing 787s after a devastating Air India crash that claimed at the least 270 lives this week, the aviation minister mentioned on Saturday, including that the authorities had been investigating all doable causes.
The aviation regulator on Friday ordered Air India to conduct further upkeep checks on its Boeing 787-8/9 plane outfitted with GEnx engines, together with assessments of sure take-off parameters, digital engine management exams and engine fuel-related checks.
“We’ve additionally given the order to do the prolonged surveillance of the 787 planes. There are 34 in our Indian fleet,” aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu informed a media briefing in New Delhi.
“Eight have already been inspected and with quick urgency, all of them are going to be executed.”
Air India operates 33 Boeing 787s, whereas rival airline IndiGo has one, in keeping with information from Flightradar24.
The planes, nevertheless, haven’t been grounded, however a supply on Friday informed Reuters the Indian authorities was contemplating that as an choice.
Naidu additionally mentioned the federal government will take a look at all doable theories of what led to the crash.
Air India and the Indian authorities had been taking a look at a number of facets of the crash together with points linked to its engine thrust, flaps, and why the touchdown gear remained open because the aircraft took off after which got here down, Reuters has reported.
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