Air India Boeing 787 leaves Hong Kong
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Boeing stock rose on Monday as investors awaited more information about the tragic 787 crash.Shares of the commercial jet maker were up 0.8% at $201.98 in midmorning trading. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average were up 1.
A veteran commercial airline pilot said he may have found a “total game-changer” in what led to the doomed Air India Boeing 787 to crash after analyzing new video.
India’s government is urgently inspecting all Boeing 787s after a devastating Air India crash that claimed at least 270 lives this week, the aviation minister said on Saturday, adding that the authorities were investigating all possible causes.
Indian authorities have started handing over remains of the victims of one of India’s worst aviation disasters after identifying some through DNA tests.
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Air India plane crash investigators find the first of the "black boxes" from the Boeing 787-8 that slammed into buildings, killing all but one of the 242 people on board.
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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.
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The technical investigation into the crash of Air India’s Boeing 787-8 aircraft operating flight AI-171 from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick is being conducted by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB).