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    Air India Dreamliner bleibt am Boden, nachdem der Treibstoffwechsel von „Run“ auf „Cutoff“ umgestellt wurde

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    1. Mo_h on

      Then:

      ***Air India Flight 171 crash – Air India + Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner***

      Now:

      ***Air India Dreamliner Grounded After Fuel Switch Moves From ‚Run‘ To ‚Cutoff’***

      # Tell us there is NO correlation here!

    2. mamounia78 on

      Good example of why redundant safety systems matter in aviation, catching issues on the ground instead of in the air

    3. Abject_Complaint8945 on

      Wild how “lessons learned” in aviation still end up being the same problem in a different wrapper decades later. Modern planes are insanely safe, but stuff like this is exactly why grounding and overreacting is better than pretending it is a one off glitch and moving on.

    4. SeeerSucker on

      Wow this is pretty nuts. I find it hard to believe Boeing has zero notes about this happening in testing. .

    5. Reasonable_Salary182 on

      Ah yes Boeing. Wonder when the next whistle blower will end up dead.

    6. chimerasaurus on

      Just going to point out that the media source is in India and the supporting evidence is from the airline. Not exactly established sources of truth.

    7. Babs89 on

      An Indian news agency reporting that another Air India plane has the same „issue“ that an Air India plane had that caused it to crash.

      I’m sorry, but all of this smells fishy. There are over 1000 787s in service all over the world, it’s been in service for almost 20 years…but yet it’s purely coincidental that nobody else has run into this issue?

      Not only that, but the fuel cutoff switches in the 787 are the same part as the cutoff switches in the later model 737NGs and all 737 Max. There hasn’t been a single 737 with this „issue“ either.

      I’m not buying it.

    9. DogeAteMyHomework on

      Those interested in this topic should take the time to watch [this excellent breakdown](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA_UZeHZwSw) of the official Air India 171 preliminary report. Juan is a highly experienced 777 pilot as well as an A&P (licensed airframe and powerplant mechanic), and that combination of experience and skills makes him uniquely qualified for accident reporting.

    10. Whiteyak5 on

      What a wild coincidence that another Air India 787 magically has this same issue but not a single other one in the worldwide fleet does. Crazy…..

      Real glad India caught this for the world and got that one off bird grounded….

      They’ll literally do anything but own up to the fact that more likely than not one of their pilots had a mental break and murdered everyone on board.

    11. Street_Lynx7457 on

      Okay so let me get this straight. On engine start up, the switch seems not to stay in the run position, you then proceed to fly it for 8 hours after that same component is causing such controversy on a crash at your airline 8 months ago? If there was REALLY an issue, WHY would you fly it for 8 HOURS, why not go back to stand and insist it be checked? So either you’re a shit pilot or you’re a liar

    12. jsclayton on

      Aren’t those switches mechanically locked in one position? Seems like after the 171 crash there was no shortage of videos demonstrating how difficult they are to move making accidental switching almost impossible?

    14. chockedup on

      The article implies these switches are managed by a computer. Are these switches controlled by a computer? Or are they only under pilot control?

    15. Tel_Janen on

      Sounds like a conspiracy theory to lay the blame elsewhere away from the suicidal pilot last year

    16. drtywater on

      Its possible this happened again to Air India. With that said maybe there is an issue with their maintenance staff where they are doing something improperly

    17. MentalWolverine8 on

      If this investigation reveals that this is an issue with Boeing models, we will get a better idea of what happened with AI 171.

    20. PM_ME_YOUR___ISSUES on

      It’s a lot more weird that Bloomberg, just 2 days ago, reported that the investigation was in its final stage and leaning towards pilot error/action.

      Suddenly now, you have this fuel control switch issue prop up again. And Indian media houses are going berserk over this.

      Also surprising that ONLY AIR INDIA out of all the other airlines in the world operating the Dreamliner, has faced this issue.

      All the pilots that I have spoken to in the past about this have stated that it’s IMPOSSIBLE for two mechanically controlled fuel control switches to move on their own.

      Even in this particular incident – ONLY ONE particular switch had malfunctioned. AND IT IS STILL BEING INVESTIGATED. THERE ISN’T ANY CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE AS OF NOW.

    21. Fun-Valuable-6444 on

      >An Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner was grounded after its left fuel control switch failed to stay in the ‚run‘ position twice and moved to ‚cutoff‘ during engine startup, an airline spokesperson said.

      So the left fuel switch(one of the two) failed to stay up twice during engine startup . Everything else is speculation.

    22. ToughIce9638 on

      If anything, this makes Air India’s AME’s look incompetent, and as a result, makes Air India look incompetent as well.

    24. X3TWLX3 on

      It doesn’t make sense. Out of so many 787 flying worldwide and with multiple airlines, the only 2 that (experienced the same problem) comes from exactly the same airline with no other airlines reporting similar issues before hand.

      In addition, AI is in no way the largest operator of 787s (ANA has 87 frames, United has 70+, American with 63 frames – compared to AI with a mere 33 frames) and even IF it is proven to be an issue, the fact that currently none of the other 787 operators reported similar issues seem to point to something localised within AI.

    29. Every-Pollution413 on

      Holy fucking shit. You could not pay me all the money in the world to get me on an Air India flight. I can’t believe they’re blatantly trying to cover up what was obviously a mass murder suicide. What is the world coming to man…

    30. Wizard_VK on

      If the pilot saw this issue during start-up why did he or she continue with rest of flight?

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