Boeing, Ahmedabad and India
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The recent Ahmedabad plane crash involved an Air India Boeing flight, resulting in over 200 fatalities. As investigations continue, the incident underscores Boeing's troubled history with safety.
Only after 241 passengers flying on the Air India-operated Boeing 747-8 Dreamliner aircraft died in the horrific plane crash in Ahmedabad, the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) came to action after 24 hours and directed Air India to carry out additional maintenance actions on all their Boeing Dreamliner aircraft.
Aviation watchdog DGCA on Friday ordered enhanced safety inspection of Air India’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet powered by GEnx engines, a day after 241 people onboard died in the plane crash in Ahmeda
The Air India plane crash on Thursday is putting a renewed spotlight on Boeing, the manufacturer of the 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft that crashed in Ahmedabad.
The investigation into Air India flight 171 crash opens up questions into the many concerns surrounding Boeing's 787.
Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg and head of commercial airplanes Stephanie Pope will not attend the Paris Air Show, an industry trade event that kicks off in France Monday.
In the wake of this disaster, the natural question that arises is: what leads to such catastrophic aviation failures, particularly in modern aircraft that are considered among the safest in the world?
Not even now, more than 10 hours later, as the clock strikes three in the morning and he paces the sterile corridors of the hospital where their bodies lie, refusing to sit, refus