Air India pilot turns back Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
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It’s also the latest disaster to hit the beleaguered American aerospace giant — which has been dogged by a door that blew off a 737 jet, a leaky spacecraft that stranded astronauts on the International Space Station for months, as well as politically damaging delays in outfitting the new Air Force One jets.
Follow NBC News live updates for the latest coverage of of the Air India plane crash in the city of Ahmedabad. Only nne man, a U.K. national survived.
The Air India plane that crashed near Ahmedabad was a Boeing 787 Dreamliner en route to London, carrying 242 passengers. It marks the first fatal crash involving this aircraft model. https://t.co/HqzJzjw3qk pic.twitter.com/DWLiTvlhij
The crash happened just weeks after the company cut a deal with the U.S. government to avoid taking criminal responsibility for a pair of deadly crashes in 2018 and 2019.