The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Monday released a Compliance order to all airlines, which makes it mandatory for them to follow 2018 the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)’s Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) numbered NM-13-33, which addressed multiple models of Boeing aircraft, and advices all airlines to check the fuel control switch locking feature.

The SAIB from December 17, 2018 reads, “This Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) is to advise registered owners and operators of The Boeing Company Model 717-200 airplanes; Model 737-700, -700C, -800, and -900ER series airplanes; Model 737-8 and -9 airplanes; Model 747-400, -400D, -400F, -8, and -8F series airplanes; Model 757-200, -200CB, -200PF, and -300 series airplanes; Model 767-200, -300, 300F, -400ER, and -2C series airplanes; Model 787-8, -9, and -10 airplanes; Model MD-11 and MD-11F airplanes; and Model MD-90-30 airplanes of the potential for disengagement of the fuel control switch locking feature(SIC).”

This comes after the preliminary investigative report released by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) about the Air India crash that took place on the 12th of June 2025, which stated that the stalling of both the engines of the 787 was due to the fuel switch being switched from RUN to CUTOFF.