On June 12, a Boeing Dreamliner 787-8 Air India flight to London crashed shortly after take-off from Ahmedabad. Only one of the 242 passengers and crew members onboard survived the crash, marking this as one of the biggest aviation disasters in India. Now, several media reports suggest that the Indian government is considering grounding the Boeing Dreamliner 787-8 fleet. Scroll on to know more about this.
Will India Ground Boeing Dreamliner 787-8 Fleet?
According to an NDTV report, India is mulling the grounding of Boeing Dreamliner 787-8 fleet after the Air India plane crash on Thursday. It stated that the entirety of Air India’s Boeing Dreamliner 787 fleet is likely to be grounded. The report suggests that a comprehensive safety review of the fleet may be conducted, and discussions are currently underway between Indian authorities and U.S. aviation agencies.
The decision will also be based on the results of the probe of the Air India plane crash. The airline is also likely to face scrutiny over its standard operating procedure for aircraft maintenance. Following the incident, Boeing President and CEO Kelly Ortberg issued an official statement saying the company would “defer to India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) for information regarding Air India Flight 171, in accordance with Annex 13 of the United Nations’ International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) protocol.”
More information about this is awaited.
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Country Mourns Loss Of Lives In Air India Plane Crash
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a review meeting on June 13 with top officials of the Gujarat government after his visit to the Air India crash site in Ahmedabad. Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel was with him during the visit to Meghaninagar. The PM then visited and met the lone survivor of the crash at the hospital. Indian-origin British national Vishwash Kumar Ramesh was the only survivor of the fatal plane crash that had 242 people onboard. Reports suggest that the government has formed a high-level committee to probe the crash that claimed hundreds of lives.
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