Overview

• The Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad on June 11, killing at least 241 of the 242 people aboard and several bystanders.
• India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation has directed Air India to conduct one-time maintenance checks on every 787-8 and 787-9 equipped with GEnx engines before each flight.
• Investigators are examining engine thrust, flap deployment and the landing gear configuration as they analyze data from the recovered flight data recorder.
• Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg and Commercial Airplanes head Stephanie Pope canceled their planned visits to the Paris Air Show to oversee the probe and support customers.
• Boeing shares tumbled nearly 5% in the days after the crash, while GE Aerospace dispatched a technical team to assist with the ongoing investigation.