Air India probe finds no issues with fuel control switches on Boeing 787s, NDTV says

(Reuters) -Air India has completed the inspection of substance power switches connected Boeing 787 planes with nary issues being found, Indian broadcaster NDTV said connected Wednesday, citing an official.

Boeing and Air India did not instantly respond to Reuters requests for comment. Reuters could not instantly verify the NDTV report.

India connected Monday ordered its airlines to analyse substance switches connected respective Boeing craft models, portion South Korea ordered a akin measurement connected Tuesday, arsenic scrutiny intensified of substance power locks astatine the centre of an probe into a deadly Air India clang past period that killed 260 people.

India's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) had said it issued an bid to analyse locks connected respective Boeing models, including 787s and 737s, aft respective Indian and planetary airlines began making their ain inspections of substance switches.

A preliminary study released past week into the clang recovered the switches had astir simultaneously flipped from tally presumption to cutoff soon aft takeoff.

The Boeing Dreamliner bound for London from the Indian metropolis of Ahmedabad began to suffer thrust and descend soon aft takeoff, according to the study connected the world's deadliest aviation mishap successful a decade.

(Reporting by Rishabh Jaiswal successful Bengaluru; Editing by Devika Syamnath)