Air India, Boeing 787 Dreamliner
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Following a recent Air India Dreamliner crash after departing from Ahmedabad, the airline is performing enhanced inspections on its Boeing 787 fleet, as instructed by the DGCA.
Air India and Boeing are in the midst of significant turnarounds, but knowing the cause of the crash of Flight 171 will take a lengthy investigation.
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Air India flight AI171, a Boeing 787-8 carrying 242 people, crashed after taking off from Ahmedabad on its way to London.
An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner en route to New Delhi returned to Hong Kong due to suspected technical issues. This incident follows a tragic crash of a similar aircraft. The flight underwent checks after safely landing,
India's government has set up a high-level committee which intends to disclose findings within three months on the Air India Boeing 787-8 crash in Ahmedabad. While the 12 June crash is being probed by the Indian Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau,
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Relatives of people feared dead or missing after last week's crash of an Air India Boeing Co 787 jet have become frustrated by a lack of information about the cause of the disaster and slow-moving recovery operations.
The harrowing incident saw the London-bound Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner plunge into a residential area in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, killing 241 passengers on board and another 38 people on the ground. Now, commercial airline pilot and crash analyst Steve Schreiber has pointed to fresh footage as a key breakthrough in understanding what went wrong.