The aircraft involved was one of the airline's 27 Boeing 787-8s and among the earliest Dreamliners delivered to the airline.

The aircraft was under the command of Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, a Line Training Captain with over 8,200 flying hours, ...

Bearing Manufacturer Serial Number (MSN) 36279, the aircraft first flew on 14 December 2013 and was 11.5 years old. It was ...

The aircraft was almost 12 years old and was powered by 2 GEnx engines The deadly crash of an Air India long-range aircraft on Thursday marks the first-ever complete loss of a Boeing Co. 787 ...

MUMBAI: The Air India Ahmedabad crash was the first "hull event" involving a Boeing 787 aircraft ... often also referred to as a "hull loss", is a situation where an aircraft is destroyed or ...

A Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashes in Ahmedabad, marking the first fatal accident for the aircraft. Air India flight AI171 from ...

India’s aviation sector is confronting its most severe safety crisis in decades following the catastrophic loss of an Air ...

The carbon-composite hull of a 787 Dreamliner seems to be easier to fix than an old-school aluminum aircraft. In fact, a Boeing team was ... The 787 is the first commercial jet with a body of ...

The Boeing Co. recorded a $1.6 billion loss in the third ... that Boeing’s troubled 787 may be delayed again, the company reiterated the jet’s schedule with first flight taking place this ...

The aviation world has been rocked by the crash of Air India flight 171. Almost everyone by now knows that the Boeing 787-8 went down moments after takeoff on June 12th, from Ahmedabad airport.As our ...

Out of the 34 B787 in Air India's fleet, 27 B787-8 are legacy aircraft. The first of the legacy B787-8 is slated to go for retrofit in July.