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An investigation into a deadly crash last month has focused on control switches that cut off fuel to an Air India Boeing jet after takeoff.

Air India said on Tuesday that it had concluded inspections of its fleet of Boeing planes and had not found any problems with the locking mechanisms of their fuel switches, a feature that has become a focus of scrutiny after a deadly crash.

Last month, 260 people were killed, including 19 on the ground, after a London-bound Air India Boeing 787-8 jet went down seconds after takeoff in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad.

The investigation into the crash’s cause may take months or years, but a preliminary report by India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau found that the plane’s fuel switches, which control the supply of fuel to the engine, had changed position seconds before the crash.

Whether intentional or accidental, it appeared unlikely that the switches were

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