Preliminary Report – Accident involving Air India’s B787-8 aircraft

Preliminary Report – Accident involving Air India’s B787-8 aircraft bearing registration VT-ANB at Ahmedabad on 12 June 2025

Source: AAIB( Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau)

The interim report of Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), mentioned that the switches that supplied fuel to the two engines on the aircraft shifted or “transitioned” to the ‘CUTOFF’ position three seconds after the aircraft became airborne. Later, there was a loss of engine thrust and both engines shut down, resulting in the crash.

However,the U.S. regulator makes no new recommendation of safety measures for Boeing 787-8; it reminds counterparts of 2018 advisory on potential disengagement of lock on fuel switches on the aircraft.The AAIB report said that Air India did not carry out the recommendations made in the FAA’s 2018 advisory on the potential disengagement of the lock on the fuel switches that required inspection of aircraft, as well as replacement of the switches carrying specific serial numbers with “an improved locking feature”. It added that Air India explained that this was so because the FAA bulletin “was an advisory and not mandatory”.

The report also found that no defects in the fuel control switch of this aircraft had been reported after 2023, when the throttle control module of the cockpit control panel was last replaced on this aircraft.

https://aaib.gov.in/What’s%20New%20Assets/Preliminary%20Report%20VT-ANB.pdf