India's aviation authority has ordered all airlines to inspect fuel control switches on certain Boeing aircraft after a deadly Air India crash raised concerns about possible malfunction. The move follows a preliminary investigation that showed the fuel switches may have shifted from "run" to "cutoff" shortly after takeoff.

Airlines will have until July 21 to inspect their Boeing 787 Dreamliners and select Boeing 737 models, according to the order.

The statement from the UK regulator came amid intense speculation after India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) released its preliminary findings into the June 12 crash.

Civil aviation expert Sanat Kaul has said that the preliminary report by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) on the Air India flight AI171 crash suggests that "some fault within the aircraft" led to the jet fuel switches turning off automatically during takeoff,

On Monday, July 14, Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi raised serious concerns over the release of the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau’s (AAIB) interim report into the Air India flight 171 crash.

Following the release of the AAIB's preliminary report on the Air India 171 crash, pilot associations ALPA and ICPA have voiced strong objections. ALPA criticizes the report's procedural flaws and perceived bias towards pilot error,

Aviation expert Ehsan Khalid stated on Saturday that the preliminary findings of the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) indicate that the Air India crash in Ahmedabad occurred due to a loss of power in both engines.

Mehsana: The father of Sanket Goswami, a 19-year-old student who died in last month's Air India AI171 crash, stated that he was "not satisfied" with the preliminary investigation report released by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB),