A tragic Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad resulted in 241 fatalities. Aviation expert Alok Singh suggests potential causes including engine failure, bird strike, pilot error, or technical malfunction.

The Turkish government has denied reports claiming that Turkish Technic carried out maintenance on the Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner that crashed after take-off from Ahmedabad. The clarification follows online speculation about possible technical lapses.

Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu said the country has very strict aviation safety standards and robust protocols, and everything will be done to further improve safety. "Any theory going around the plane crash will be analysed,

India aviation regulators said urgent safety checks would be carried out for dozens of Boeing 787 jets in the wake of the Air India crash that killed all but one of the 242 people on board. Air

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.

On June 12, 2025, the Meghani Nagar area of Ahmedabad was sent into shock when an Air India Boeing 787‑8 Dreamliner (VT‑ANB) crashed. The flight, which was bound for London, crashed shortly after taking off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport.

"It just appears to me that the airplane is unable to climb," former NTSB investigator Jeff Guzzetti tells NPR. Several explanations could account for that, the aviation expert says.

The crash has sent shockwaves across the global aviation community and triggered renewed scrutiny of Boeing’s quality and safety standards.

Just as Ortberg was gaining momentum at Boeing, the deadly crash of an Air India 787 to London underscored how difficult it remains to restore confidence in the embattled planemaker