Four days after the horrific crash of an Air India plane in Ahmedabad claimed 270 lives, 87 victims have so far been identified through DNA matching and 47 bodies handed over to their families, offici

Any connection of the June 12 crash with older safety red flags could have profound implications for the US aerospace giant facing years of scrutiny and whistleblower claims

Stephanie Pope from Boeing and Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran recently met to discuss Air India's tragic flight AI171 crash. The incident involved a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner and resulted in over 270 casualties.

Since the Tata takeover, India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation has repeatedly fined Air India over safety and other regulatory violations, including an Rs8mn ($95,000) penalty last year for exceeding flight duty time limits. At home, it is competing in a near-duopoly with IndiGo, which has been boosting its international long-haul routes.