AI crash: DGCA orders fuel control switch checks...

However, since the bulletin was advisory and not an airworthiness directive, many carriers, including Air India, did not act upon it. That has now changed.

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HOWEVER, SINCE THE bulletin was advisory and not an airworthiness directive, many carriers, including Air India, did not act upon it. That has now changed.

"It has come to the notice of DGCA that several operators, internationally as well as domestic, have initiated inspection on their aircraft fleet as per the SAIB. All airline operators of the affected aircraft are hereby advised to complete the inspection no later than July 21, 2025," the DGCA said in its order. Airlines are also required to submit inspection plans and final reports to the regulator, under intimation to their respective regional offices.