WASHINGTON/NEW DELHI/MONTREAL >> The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing have privately issued notifications that the fuel switch locks on Boeing planes are safe, with the FAA saying they are safe,

Wreckage of the crashed Air India Plane is lying at the Ahmedabad Airport premises in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, on July 12, 2025. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu

Air India replaced the Throttle Control Module (TCM) of the Boeing 787-8 aircraft involved in a crash twice over six years, following Boeing's 2019 directive. The TCM, linked to fuel control switches,