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Boeing Crash in India Is First Fatal Incident Involving a 787 Jet

Tragedy threatens to throw plane maker’s fragile recovery into question

The Air India Boeing 787-8 jet crashed in a residential area near the airport in Ahmedabad, India, on Thursday.
The Air India Boeing 787-8 jet crashed in a residential area near the airport in Ahmedabad, India, on Thursday. Photo: sam panthaky/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images

The crash of an Air India flight to London is the first fatal incident involving a Boeing 787, dealing a fresh blow to the plane maker seeking to emerge from a series of safety and manufacturing crises.

The hobbled American icon has been buffeted by successive problems in recent years, losing billions of dollars because of plane groundings and production delays. Thursday’s crash now threatens the company’s fragile recovery.

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