Yesterday, an Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner bound for London, England, crashed near Ahmedabad Airport in Gujarat, flight number AI171.The passenger plane was carrying 242 people.This aircraft also became the world's first Boeing 787 aircraft to be completely lost in an air crash.
According to CCTV News, the Ministry of Civil Aviation of India announced that the search and rescue operation at the scene of this accident, which killed at least 265 people, has ended.
Boeing CEO Ortberg said on the crash in India,The Boeing team stands ready to support the investigation led by the Air Accident Investigation Bureau of India and will follow the instructions of the Air Accident Investigation Bureau of India to provide information about Air India Flight 171.
Ortberg said he had communicated with Air India's chairman to offer his full support.
It is understood thatThe 787 is Boeing's best-selling wide-body airliner in history and Boeing's most advanced aircraft in service.
According to Boeing's official website, in less than 14 years, the 787 fleet has carried more than 1 billion passengers faster than any other wide-body aircraft in aviation history.
