Crashed Dreamliner well maintained: Air India CEO

Thu, 19 June 2025

17:48

Crashed Dreamliner was well maintained; last major check done in June 2023 and next was scheduled for Dec 2025: Air India CEO Campbell Wilson's message to fliers. "As a confidence-building measure, we are undertaking enhanced pre-flight safety checks on Boeing 787 fleet," Wilson says.

This comes after the horrific plane crash on June 12 , when a London-bound Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed into a hostel complex of BJ Medical College in the Meghani Nagar area of Gujarat's Ahmedabad shortly after takeoff from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport. The tragedy claimed 241 lives out of 242 onboard, including former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani.

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