A black-box recording and report details indicate that the flight’s captain switched off fuel flow to engines.

Air India has completed the inspection of fuel control switches on Boeing 787 planes with no issues being found, Indian broadcaster NDTV said on Wednesday, citing an official.

Boeing and Air India did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment. Reuters could not immediately verify the NDTV report. India on Monday ordered its airlines to examine fuel switches on several Boeing aircraft models,

International airlines from South Korea and India are preparing to inspect its Boeing fleets following findings from the Air India crash investigation.

The power minister proposed a rule in June requiring air conditioners sold in the country to have thermostats that can be set no lower than 20 Celsius (68 Fahrenheit).

The investigation report says Air India did not carry out those inspections - prompting speculation that the accident could have been caused by faulty switches being flipped by accident. However, in an internal note seen by the BBC, the FAA has since reiterated its belief that the issue did not compromise safety.

A black-box recording of dialogue between the Air India flight's two pilots indicates it was the captain who turned off switches that controlled fuel flowing to the plane's two engines, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday,

THE deadly Air India crash may have been the result of a human act inside the cockpit, a top aviation expert has warned. Captain Steve Scheibner suggested there was a “human hand”