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An Air India flight from Ahmedabad to London has been canceled days after the fatal crash that killed 241 people on board. The canceled plane for was a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner—the same type of aircraft as the one that crashed last week,
A Boeing 787 Dreamliner - the same build as the one involved in last week's devastating Air India crash - was forced to turn back an hour into its 14-hour flight two years ago between Mumbai and Londo
The DGCA, following the AI171 crash, mandated enhanced safety inspections of all Dreamliner aircraft before takeoff and during transit.
A Dreamliner Boeing 787 identical the doomed plane crash that killed 229 passengers last week reportedly had an engine failure and made an emergency landing two years ago.
Flight AI 159 was scheduled to depart at 1.10 pm but was rescheduled to 3 pm while at 1.45 pm Air India confirmed that the flight had been cancelled. A Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner was supposed to fly as AI 159, according to the Air India website.
Gujarat Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi on Monday confirmed that DNA samples of 125 victims in the Air India plane crash had been successfully matched, and families of 124 deceased had been contacted.
An Air India flight to London from Ahmedabad has been cancelled just days after the fatal Gatwick-bound Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crash last week.
VIDEO | Kolkata: An Air India flight from San Francisco to Mumbai via Kolkata suffered a technical snag in one of its engines, requiring passengers to be deplaned during a scheduled halt at the city airport early on Tuesday. Flight AI180 arrived on time at the city airport at… pic.twitter.com/0MSUiiwPdZ