Overview

• The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner went down on June 12 shortly after departing Ahmedabad with 242 people aboard, killing at least 279 including ground victims and leaving one British passenger as the sole survivor.
• Recovery teams retrieved the flight data recorder on June 13 and the cockpit voice recorder on June 15, securing critical altitude, speed and communication records for analysis.
• Preliminary assessments by analysts highlight a possible dual engine failure after video footage appeared to show deployment of the Ram Air Turbine, though definitive findings await black box decoding.
• India’s aviation regulator has ordered immediate inspections of all domestic Boeing 787s after an Air India 787-8 turned back to Hong Kong on June 16 due to reported technical issues.
• The investigation involves the US NTSB, UK AAIB and Boeing specialists and is proceeding alongside victim identification efforts, with 92 bodies confirmed and 47 sets of remains returned to families.