IFALPA cautions against speculation from the AAIB Preliminary Report on Air India flight 171 crash, emphasising its early-stage nature, while the IPG has criticised the conjecture and sensationalism.

Other airlines have also been carrying out checks on the switches, which have been a key focus of the probe. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

DGCA's decisions came over a month after the deadly aviation disaster in Ahmedabad on June 12, which killed over 240 people.

The FAA directive specifically called attention to fuel shutoff valve actuators, raising them as a possible safety hazard.