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319 Air India Boeing 787 Carrying 242 Passengers Crashes After Takeoff

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EditorDavid @ Slashdot · 06/12/2025 08:45 EDT

Air India Boeing 787 Carrying 242 Passengers Crashes After Takeoff

Flying to London, a Boeing 787 aircraft operated by Air India "crashed shortly after taking off..." reports Bloomberg, "in what stands to be the worst accident involving the U.S. planemaker's most advanced widebody airliner."

Flight AI171 was carrying 242 passengers and crew. Video footage shared on social media showed a giant plume of smoke engulfing the crash site, with no reports of survivors.

The aircraft entered a slow descent shortly after taking off, with its landing gear still extended before exp

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