The Air India tragedy in Ahmedabad is the first time a Boeing 787 Dreamliner has crashed since the plane’s introduction in 2011. 0:23 Smoke rises above Ahmedabad in first images from Air India plane crash – videoThere are more than 1,100 787s in service, with most major international airlines using them. The two major crashes that were due to faults on Boeing planes were using the then new 737 Max model, in Indonesia and Ethiopia in 2018 and 2019. The last Air India crash, in August 2020, involved a smaller Boeing 737-800 Air India Express that was landing at Calicut airport in bad weather when it skidded off the runway. A Boeing spokesperson said: “We are in contact with Air India regarding flight 171 and stand ready to support them.

Source: The Guardian June 12, 2025 19:15 UTC