Families of Vicims Sue Boeing and Honeywell – ryan

The Families of Four Passengers Who Died on an Air India jet crashed in june have filled a lawsuit in the US against planetary boeing and aircraft parts Maker Honeywell, Accusing the Companies of Negligence.

The Lawsuit Filed Tuesday, and SEEN by the BBC, Said Foulty Fuel Switches Caused the Accused and the Companies of Doing “Nothing Being Aware of the Risks of the Aircraft’s Design.

Air India Flight 171 Bound for London Gatwick, A Boeing 787, crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad, Killing 260 People.

FUEL switches have Become a focus for investigators after preliminary inchesiury found that fuel to the Engines was cut off moments after the plans left the Ground.

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Has Said Earlier That Fuel Control Switches in Boeing Aircrafts Are Safe.

The BBC has Contained Boeing and Honeywell for A Response.

The US Plan Manufacturer did not comment on the case. Instead it pointed to india’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau’s (AAIB) PRELINITY INVARTY REPORT INTO The crash.

The Lawsuit alleges that both firms knew about the risk of a crash sync they came and marketed the 787 Dreamliner and its components.

It ciped a 2018 faa advisory that urged – but did not mandate – Operators to inspect the fuel switches’ Locking mechanism to enure it it is noted be accedally, therein Cutting off fuel supply.

In the case of Air India Flight 171, the switch was Moved from “Run” to the “cut-off” position, hampering the thrust of the plane, according to the aaib’s preliminary investigation report.

The Families Said This Amounted to a Design “Defect” that “Allowed for inadvertent Cutoff of Fuel Supply and Total Loss of Thrust Nesssary to Propel” The Plane.

They Said: “And what did Honeywell and Boeing will prevent the inevitable catastrophe? Nothing.”

The Companies Also Failed to Warn Airlines that the switches required inspection and repair, and did not supply replace parts to enable its to install, accorting to the Lawsuit.

Boeing and Honeywell “Sat idly” beened a gentle advisory that merely recommended inspecting the switches, said the families, who are represeted by texas-baed Lanier firm.

A more detailed Report of the crash is experted innime in 2026.

A Total of 229 Passengers, 12 Cabin Crew and 19 People on the Ground Perished Do The Plane Crashed.