Air India Dreamliner returns to Hong Kong
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Investors and the wider public are looking for answers after Thursday’s crash of an Air India 787 jet. Both of the plane’s black boxes have been recovered.
The incident follows the Air India crash in Ahmedabad when a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed minutes after taking off, killing 241 people onboard.
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An Air India crash Thursday involved a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, which the aircraft manufacturer first delivered 14 years ago.
Air India confirmed that 241 of the 242 people on board were killed, with one survivor, a British national, being treated in a hospital.
Officials say at least 270 bodies have been recovered, while the lone surviving passenger is still under observation for some of his injuries.
The Transportation Ministry has vowed to monitor all airlines in Indonesia, especially those operating the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, following the recent Air India crash.
Air India and Boeing are in the midst of significant turnarounds, but knowing the cause of the crash of Flight 171 will take a lengthy investigation.
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.
Air India plane crash investigators have found both of the Boeing 787's "black boxes," hopefully brining an understanding of the cause of the disaster a step closer.