India orders airlines to inspect certain Boeing models after Air India crash

The tail of the airplane is seen stuck in a building at the site of an airplane that crashed in India’s northwestern city of Ahmedabad (Ajit Solanki/AP)

India’s aviation regulator ordered airlines operating several Boeing models to examine fuel control switches, days after an investigation into last month’s Air India plane crash found they were flipped off, starving both engines of fuel.

India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation stated the directive would apply to Boeing 787 Dreamliners and select Boeing 737 variants and that airlines must complete inspections and submit their findings to the regulator by July 21.