The families of four passengers who were killed in the Air India crash in Ahmedabad in June this year, have filed a lawsuit in the US against Boeing and aircraft parts maker Honeywell, accusing them of negligence.

The case, filed on Tuesday and reviewed by the BBC, claims that faulty fuel switches caused the accident. It also accuses the companies of ignoring known risks in the plane’s design.

Air India Flight 171 , a Boeing 787 heading to London Gatwick, crashed soon after taking off from Ahmedabad, killing 260 people. Investigators have focused on the fuel switches after an initial report suggested that the engines stopped getting fuel right after takeoff. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had earlier said tht the fuel control switches in Boeing aircraft are safe.

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