The deadly crash of Air India Flight 171 last week has centered renewed scrutiny on the airplane's manufacturer, Boeing. This time it's the 787 Dreamliner in investigators' sights. The accident, which killed over 270 people, was the first fatal crash for the Dreamliner since the model began flying in 2011.

Air India has cancelled a Dreamliner flight from Ahmedabad to London after it reportedly suffered from technical issues. Flight AI159 was cancelled on Tuesday morning affecting about 200 passengers.

Air India flight 171 crashed after takeoff, killing 241. A distress call was sent, black boxes were recovered, and an investigation is underway.

An Air India Boeing 787 crashed less than a minute after takeoff on Thursday.The crash comes as both Boeing and Air India are trying to turn themselves around.Attorneys and aviation experts said no conclusions could be drawn until the investigation ended.

It’s also the latest disaster to hit the beleaguered American aerospace giant — which has been dogged by a door that blew off a 737 jet, a leaky spacecraft that stranded astronauts on the International Space Station for months, as well as politically damaging delays in outfitting the new Air Force One jets.

Dirdh Patel, a 23-year-old University of Huddersfield student, was one of the people killed when the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed when it was traveling from Ahmedabad to London.

A high-level multi-disciplinary committee formed by the Centre to investigate the Ahmedabad Air India plane crash will submit its report within three months, Union Minister Murlidhar Mohol said on Tuesday (June 17, 2025)

Sabharwal was piloting the Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner when it crashed. He, along with 240 other passengers, was killed in the crash on June 12