India, July 16 -- Air India on Wednesday completed a thorough inspection of the locking mechanisms in fuel control switches (FCS) across its Boeing 787 fleet and found no issues, an airline official confirmed.

"Over the weekend, our Engineering team initiated precautionary inspections on the locking mechanism of Fuel Control Switch (FCS) on all our Boeing 787 aircraft. The inspections have been completed and no issues were found," the official said, quoting an internal message sent to Air India pilots.

The official also said that all the Boeing 787-8 aircraft have undergone Throttle Control Module (TCM) replacement as per the Boeing maintenance schedule. FCS is part of this module.

The inspections came in response to heightened scrutin...