Air India Disaster Is First Fatal Boeing 787 Accident

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The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is one of the most advanced jets in service, and experts say it has a generally strong safety record, with no previous fatal accidents

Air India Disaster Is First Fatal Boeing 787 Accident

Parts of an Air India plane that crashed on Thursday are seen on top of a building in Ahmedabad, India, on June 13, 2025. Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo

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More than 240 people were killed when an Air India Boeing 787 bound for London with 242 people on board crashed minutes after taking off from India’s western city of Ahmedabad on Thursday.

Here are some details on the wide-body intercontinental jet:

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