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The crash happened just weeks after the company cut a deal with the U.S. government to avoid taking criminal responsibility for a pair of deadly crashes in 2018 and 2019.
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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.
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.
Last year, the F.A.A. said it was also investigating claims by a Boeing engineer that parts of the fuselage, or body, of the Dreamliner were improperly fastened together, which the whistle-blower said could cause premature damage to the plane over years of use.
Search and recovery teams continue to search the site of one of India’s worst aviation disasters for a third day
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President Donald Trump swiftly addressed the incident, calling it “terrible” and “one of the worst in aviation history.” He said the US was ready to provide any necessary assistance, stating, “Anything we can do, we’ll be over there immediately.”
Air India flight AI171 crashed in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad. All but one of the 242 people onboard have died in the tragedy, Air India confirmed earlier