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Air India announced on Monday that it has temporarily grounded one of its Boeing Dreamliners after a pilot reported a potential issue with the aircraft’s fuel control switch—an investigation that is linked to a fatal crash from last year.
The airline didn’t specify what type of defect was detected or provide any details about the specific flight involved. However, sources indicated that the pilot flagged the problem after the plane arrived in Bengaluru, India, following its departure from London.
In response, Air India confirmed that the aircraft has been taken out of service and that the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) is being brought in to prioritize checkups based on the pilot’s concerns. The airline also stated that this issue has been communicated to India’s civil aviation authority.
Neither Boeing nor the Indian civil aviation authority responded immediately to requests for comment.
The carrier, part of the Tata Group and owned by Singapore Airlines, has been under heavy scrutiny since a Dreamliner crash in June of the previous year that resulted in 260 fatalities.
Following last year’s incident, Air India carried out inspections on the fuel control switches across all Boeing 787 planes in its fleet, finding no problems.
A cockpit voice recording from the June 12 flight suggested that the captain had shut off fuel flow to the engines—a detail that is part of the early analysis by U.S. officials, according to sources.
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