Air India warns of delays as mandatory safety checks of Boeing 787 flights begin. The airline is in the process of completing the one-time safety checks directed by the Indian aviation regulator, DGCA.
These checks are being carried out on the Boeing 787 fleet as they return to India, before being cleared for their next operations.
The enhanced inspections follow the tragic Ahmedabad-London flight crash, which killed at least 265 people after the aircraft crashed into a resident doctors’ hostel building shortly after take-off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport.
Only one person on board survived. This marks the first fatal accident involving a 787 since the aircraft’s commercial debut in 2011.
Air India has already completed inspections on nine Dreamliner aircraft and is “on track to complete this process for the remaining 24 aircraft within the timeline provided by the regulator.”
