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An Air India pilot reported an occasion of a gas swap malfunction on a Boeing 787-8 flight from London to Bengaluru after it landed on Monday (February 2, 2026), following which the airline says it has grounded the plane and is analyzing the matter.
The switches that offer gas to the 2 engines on an plane have been on the coronary heart of the preliminary report into the Air India AI 171 crash in Ahmedabad final June. The preliminary report into Air India’s Ahmedabad crash, which additionally concerned a Boeing 787 plane, stated that the switches that provide gas to the engine shifted or “transitioned” to the CUTOFF place one after one other and there was a lack of engine thrust and each engines shut down, precipitating the crash of the Boeing 787-8 plane which killed not less than 269. Whereas the report didn’t specify whether or not this was an inadvertent or deliberate motion, a tiny fragment of the alternate between the 2 pilots reproduced in it sparked a debate on whether or not the crash was a suicide try.
Sunday’s (February 1, 2026) incident was delivered to public consideration by Captain Amit Singh, Founding father of NGO Security Issues, who has petitioned the Supreme Court docket for an unbiased probe into the Ahmedabad crash. He claimed the crew of Air India flight of London Heathrow to Bengaluru flight reported the same malfunction with one of many two gas switches.
In a media assertion on X, he wrote that the crew “reported irregular behaviour of the LEFT engine gas management swap” of an Air India Boeing 787-8 plane. He additional said that “ throughout engine begin, the swap failed to stay locked within the RUN place on two makes an attempt, transferring in the direction of CUTOFF,” a malfunction that has the potential to chop off gas provide to the engine and drive engine shutdown in sure eventualities.
It was not clear although why the crew determined to proceed with the flight if the malfunction was noticed throughout “engine begin”, because the submit claims. Air India stated although that the incident was reported to it after the flight landed in Bengaluru.
“We now have grounded the plane and are involving the OEM (authentic tools producer) to get the pilot’s considerations checked on a precedence foundation. The matter has been communicated to the aviation regulator, DGCA,” Air India replied in an announcement.
Concerning Sunday’s (February 1, 2026) incident, Amit Singh requested questions concerning the efficacy of the inspections off gas switches ordered by the DGCA submit the June crash, when Air India had claimed that it had concluded inspections on the locking mechanism of gas switches on all its Boeing 787 and 737 plane.
There are presently three petitions earlier than the Supreme Court docket on Air India crash, which embody one by Captain Singh, one other by Pushkar Raj Sabharwal, the daddy of the pilot in charge of the ill-fated AI 171 flight, and a 3rd petition from a pupil.
Printed – February 02, 2026 08:23 pm IST
