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Families from four passengers who died on Air India, which crashed in June filed a lawsuit against the planned manufacturer and manufacturer of Honeywell planes, accusing the company of negligence.
The lawsuit filed on Tuesday, and with the BBC, said the faulty fuel switches caused an accident and accused the companies of “nothing”, despite the fact that they are aware of the risk of designing the aircraft.
The Air India 171 flight headed to London Gatwick, Boeing 787, crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad, killed 260.
Fuel switches became the focus of investigators after a preliminary investigation that showed that showed that Fuel for engines was cut off A moment after the plane left the ground.
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has stated earlier that Switches on Fuel in Boeing Airplanes Safe.
BBC contacted Boeing and Honeywell for the answer.
The manufacturer of the US aircraft does not comment on the case. Instead, he pointed to the preliminary investigation of the India’s Aviation Aviation Investigation Bureau (AAIB) as a result of the accident.
The lawsuit claimed that both firms knew about the risk of the accident because they developed and sold 787 Dreamliner and its components.
He cited the FAA 2018 consultation, which called – but not the mandates – the operators of checking the fuel lock mechanism to make sure that it could not be shot by accident, thus disconnecting the fuel supply.
In the case of flight 171 Air India 171, the switch was transferred from the “launch” to the position of the cutting off, preventing the aircraft’s thrust, the AAIB preliminary investigation said.
The families said this was the design of the “defect”, which “allowed to lead to an unintentional cut of fuel and the complete loss of the craving required for the movement”.
They said, “What did Honeywell and Boeing do to prevent an inevitable disaster? Nothing.”
Companies also failed to warn airlines that the switch requires check and repair, and did not supply the parts to allow their customers to set them according to the lawsuit.
Boeing and Honeywell “sat and compiled” for a soft consultant, who simply recommended to inspect the switch, said families representing Lanier’s law firm based in Texas.
A A more detailed report The accidents are expected somewhere in 2026.
A total of 229 passengers, 12 cabins and 19 people on the ground were killed when the plane crashed.
