Air India has successfully completed its mandatory inspections of the fuel control switches on its entire fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft, finding no issues.

Air India announced the completion of these inspections on Wednesday, July 16, 2025. This action was in direct compliance with the directive issued by India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Monday, July 14, 2025, which mandated inspections of fuel control switches on all Boeing 787s and some Boeing 737s operated by Indian carriers. The DGCA had set a deadline of July 21, 2025.

According to an internal message sent to Air India pilots and confirmed by airline officials, the precautionary inspections of the locking mechanism of the Fuel Control Switches (FCS) on all 33 of their Boeing 787 aircraft found no issues or defects.

Air India also clarified that all of its Boeing 787-8 aircraft have previously undergone Throttle Control Module (TCM) replacements as per Boeing’s maintenance schedule. The Fuel Control Switches are an integrated part of this module, meaning these replacements would have included the Fuel Control Switches. According to a preliminary report for Air India AI171, the airline replaced the Throttle Control Module (TCM) twice (2019 and 2023)—including the fuel control switch—of the Boeing 787-8 (VT-ANB) aircraft that crashed in Ahmedabad.

Air India has instructed its pilots to continue to remain vigilant and report any defects in the technical log as per existing reporting processes.

Similar checks are being performed by global airlines like Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Japan Airlines (JAL), Qantas, All Nippon Airways (ANA), and no defects were identified.

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