The Aviation Regulatory Authority of India ordered the Indian airlines on Monday to examine the fuel switches of the Boeing aircraft, including the 787 and 737 models, to verify if its blocking mechanism has no dysfunction.
The General Directorate of Civil Aviation said it had issued this order after several Indian and international airlines began inspecting fuel switches.
Reuters previously reported that Air India Group began inspecting the fuel switches of his Boeing 787 and 737 during the weekend and had not yet discovered problems.
The pilots reject the first conclusions about the accident
In a first report published this Saturday, July 12, the Indian Research Office on Air Accidents (AAIB) revealed that Querosene diet of the two reactors The plane had been interrupted just after taking off from Ahmedabad.
These switches of the switches caused a sudden loss of power of the two plane engines, which fell into buildings near the airport when causing 260 dead. The AAIB document does not obtain any conclusion or responsibility for the moment.
However, these switches of the switches cannot be accidental, since three manual actions are needed to unlock and enter “off” these switches.
Two associations of the pilots of the Indian line have strongly rejected these preliminary results, which suggests the possibility of a human error. “We have the feeling that the investigation follows a track that involves the responsibility of the pilots and we firmly oppose,” the Indian Line Pilot Association (ALPA) reacted.
Source: BFM TV
