Air India crash: Families of four victims sue Boeing, Honeywell in US court

The families of four passengers killed in the June 12th crash of Air India Flight 171 have filed a lawsuit in Delaware Superior Court against Boeing and Honeywell. The lawsuit alleges that the accident in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, which resulted in 260 fatalities, was caused by faulty fuel switches in the Boeing 787 aircraft. The core of the suit claims the companies knew about potential issues with the switches, which could move to a "cut off" position, but did nothing to avoid the problem or alert operators. This legal action proceeds despite the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) stating that the switches do not appear to have been the cause of the crash. The complete report from the accident investigation is expected in the coming months, which will shed more light on the circumstances of the crash.