Air India finishes safety checks on Boeing jets as crash probe targets fuel control switches; no faults found, global aviation regulators respond.

A cockpit recording has ignited global controversy after revealing that the fuel switches on Air India Flight 171 may have been manually turned off mid-air—raising questions over whether a respected captain made a fatal error that led to the deaths of 260

The initial probe of Air India Flight 171’s fatal crash on June 12, 2025, has put the focus on a key piece of equipment: the fuel cutoff switches on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The chain of events was eerily automated.