Alarm has been sounded worldwide after the report that in her aircraft Indian waterwhich crashed almost a month ago and drove 260 people to death, the switches that control fuel flow to its two engines Boeing had been disabled.
On the occasion of Report on air tragedy of Air India, the South Korean Ministry of Transport is preparing to order all airlines in the country to examine Boeing fuel switches.
So far no timetable has been given for checks and Boeing has not yet responded to the request to comment.
The order is made according to a 2018 Directive of the US Federal Aviation Service (FAA), which proposed, but did not oblige, the holders of several Boeing models, to inspect fuel switches to ensure that they could not be pressed.
The fuel switches lock was under consideration after the 2018 directive by FAA reported a preliminary investigation into a plane last month.
Reuters broadcast yesterday, Sunday (13.07.2025), that the aircraft manufacturing company and FAA had alerted airlines and regulators that the locking of fuel switches on Boeing airplanes is safe and no controls are required.
Indeed, in a survey after Air India’s tragic accident, the airline did not carry out the audits proposed by FAA with the 2018 directive, as the latter was not mandatory.
Of course, maintenance files show that the propulsion control system, which includes fuel switches, was replaced in 2019 and 2023 on the crashed plane.