New Delhi: Air India’s Boeing airplane was “nicely maintained” earlier than crashing every week in the past, killing all folks besides one of many 242 folks on board, mentioned the airline on Thursday (June 19).
The Indian authorities haven’t but detailed what prompted the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner to launch to the bottom within the western metropolis of Ahmedabad, the place even at the very least 38 folks remained dying.
While investigators attempt to get better the info from the black packing containers of the airplane – the voice recorder of the piloting cabin and the flight knowledge recorder – the airline mentioned that no issues with the jet earlier than the catastrophe have been detected.
“The airplane was nicely maintained, with its newest necessary examine in June 2023,” mentioned Air India in a be aware.
“Its proper engine was reviewed in March 2025 and the left engine was inspected in April 2025. Both the plane and the engines have been recurrently monitored, not displaying issues earlier than flight,” mentioned the airline.
The jet directed to London broke out in a fireball when crashed in a residential space of Ahmedabad a couple of moments after take off.
Initial checks from the accident on Air India Dreamliner “didn’t reveal any safety issues,” mentioned the nation’s civil aviation regulator on Tuesday.
The investigative unit of the aviation of India declared on Thursday that the probe was “progressing fixed”.
“The key restoration works, together with the documentation of the location and the gathering of assessments, have been accomplished and additional analyzes at the moment are underway,” mentioned the investigation workplace on air accidents in a be aware.
