Air India he said on Monday that he had landed one of his own Boeing Dreamliners after one of its pilots reported a problem with the fuel control switch, which is at the center of an ongoing investigation fatal plane crash last year.

“We have grounded the said aircraft and are engaging the OEM to verify the pilot’s concerns on priority,” the airline said, adding that the matter has been communicated to India’s aviation regulator.

Boeing and India’s Ministry of Civil Aviation, which houses the aviation regulator, did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

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Global News sent a request to Transport Canada asking if there are any plans to ground the same planes in Canada amid these new reports. The post did not receive a response.

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An investigation into the Air India plane revealed that the fuel supply was cut off moments before the crash

The carrier, owned by the Tata Group and Singapore Airlines, has faced intense scrutiny since the Dreamliner crash last June that killed 260 people.

Air India said on Monday it had checked the fuel control switches on all Boeing 787s in its fleet following a directive from regulators last year and found no problems.

A recording of a cockpit conversation between two pilots of an Air India flight on June 12 suggests that the captain cut off fuel to the plane’s engines, a source briefed on an early assessment of the evidence by US officials told Reuters last year.

– With the dossier of Ariel Rabinovitch from Global