Air India Boeing 787 aircraft grounded over faulty fuel control switch: ‘Slips from RUN to CUTOFF’

An Air India Boeing 787-8 was grounded after its London Heathrow to Bengaluru, Karnataka flight in February 2026 over its faulty fuel control switch. According to the Ministry of Civil Aviation, a flight was grounded after a report in the ‘Pilot Defect Report’ stated that the fuel control switch slipped from ‘RUN’ to ‘CUTOFF’ when it was pushed slightly. The report mentioned that the switch also did not lock positively in its selected position.