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International News Roundup: Air India Flight Grounded, X Offices Raided, and More
London, UK – February 3, 2026 – An Air India flight was grounded at Heathrow Airport on Monday due to a potential defect in a fuel control switch, while in Paris, investigators raided the offices of Elon Musk's social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. Separately, a US-flagged tanker was approached by Iranian gunboats in the Strait of Hormuz, and two Swedish citizens were sentenced to prison in Denmark for a 2024 attack near the Israeli embassy.
The Air India flight, AI132, destined for Bengaluru, was grounded after a pilot reported a "possible defect" with a fuel control switch. According to Sky News, the potential fault was on the same model of aircraft, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, that crashed in Ahmedabad last June. Air India stated they were "getting the pilot's concerns checked on a priority basis."
In France, investigators raided the Paris offices of X as part of a widening probe into the platform. French prosecutors said they had summoned Elon Musk, the platform's owner, for questioning. Sky News reported that present and past employees, including former chief executive Linda Yaccarino, who left the company last year, were also summoned as witnesses. The investigation, which began last month, now includes alleged complicity in the possession and distribution of child abuse images.
Meanwhile, in the Strait of Hormuz, a US-flagged tanker, the Stena Imperative, was approached by Iranian gunboats on Tuesday. Euronews reported that the tanker was approached by three pairs of small armed boats belonging to Iran's Revolutionary Guards while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, approximately 30km north of Oman, according to Vanguard Tech, a British maritime security firm. "The vessel is now being escorted by a US warship," the company stated. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations also acknowledged the incident.
In Denmark, two Swedish citizens were sentenced to lengthy prison terms for a grenade attack near the Israeli embassy in Copenhagen in October 2024. Euronews reported that a Copenhagen court sentenced an 18-year-old to 12 years in prison and a 21-year-old to 14 years after finding them guilty of terrorism and attempted murder in the incident. The court also ruled that the pair, aged 16 and 18 at the time of the attack, planned the attack together with one or more unidentified accomplices from a criminal network in Sweden. The attack occurred in the early hours of October 2, 2024.
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