Thu, 18 Sep 2025

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 Air India crash victims' families sue aerospace firms Boeing and Honeywell

They accuse the manufacturers of doing "nothing" despite being aware of the plane's risks.

* Four families of passengers who died on Air India Flight 171 have filed a lawsuit against Boeing and Honeywell in the US, alleging negligence.
* The lawsuit claims that faulty fuel switches caused the crash, which killed 260 people, and that the companies were aware of the risks but did nothing to prevent it.
* Fuel control switches in Boeing aircraft are at the center of the investigation, with the FAA previously stating they are safe.
* The lawsuit alleges that both firms knew about the risk of a crash since they developed and marketed the 787 Dreamliner and its components.
* A preliminary investigation report by India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau found that the fuel switch was moved from "run" to the "cut-off" position, hampering the thrust of the plane.
* The families claim that this amounts to a design defect that allowed for an inadvertent cutoff of fuel supply and total loss of thrust necessary to propel the plane.
* Boeing and Honeywell failed to warn airlines about the need to inspect and repair the switches and did not provide replacement parts, according to the lawsuit.
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