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Preliminary report into Air India crash released

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341 points cjr | 1 comments | 11 Jul 25 20:23 UTC | HN request time: 0.219s | source
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sugarpimpdorsey ◴[12 Jul 25 06:10 UTC] No.44539743[source]▶
Excellent analysis here, those switches are stout, no one is moving them by accident:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA_UZeHZwSw

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callmeal ◴[12 Jul 25 08:59 UTC] No.44540482[source]▶
Except when they are not:

From the avherald link:

>Service Bulletins by Boeing issued in year 2018 recommending to upgrade the fuel switches to locked versions to prevent inadvertent flip of the switches, as well as the FAA/GE issued Service Bulletin FAA-2021-0273-0013 Attachment 2 relating to loss of control issue (also see above) were NOT implemented by Air India.

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1. fakedang ◴[12 Jul 25 11:09 UTC] No.44541155[source]▶
Because that maintenance check is an optional one as stipulated by Boeing. I don't think most users of the 787 themselves carry out the check, so singling out Air India for this alone is just bad faith