UK Regulator Flagged Boeing 787 Fuel Switch Risks Weeks Before Air India Crash: Report

Last Updated:July 15, 2025, 08:53 IST

The FAA directive specifically called attention to fuel shutoff valve actuators, raising them as a possible safety hazard.

A truck carrying wreckage of the Air India plane that crashed in Ahmedabad. (PTI)

Just four weeks before the deadly crash of an Air India Boeing 787-8 aircraft in Ahmedabad, the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) had issued a formal safety notice highlighting concerns related to fuel control systems in several Boeing aircraft, including the 787 Dreamliner, India Today reported.

According to the report, on May 15, the UK’s CAA released a Safety Notice urging operators of five Boeing aircraft types, including the 787, to examine whether their fleets were affected by a US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airworthiness Directive (AD). The FAA directive specifically called attention to fuel shutoff valve actuators, raising them as a possible safety hazard. The UK regulator instructed that daily checks must be carried out.

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