Air India and Boeing are in the midst of significant turnarounds, but knowing the cause of the crash of Flight 171 will take a lengthy investigation.

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The technical investigation into the crash of Air India’s Boeing 787-8 aircraft operating flight AI-171 from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick is being conducted by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB).

The survival of a passenger who escaped through an exit door seconds after his Air India flight crashed killing everyone else on board has prompted speculation over whether his seat, 11A, is the safest.

Just four days after a deadly crash in India, another Air India Dreamliner was forced to return midair due to a technical issue.

The Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad came 29 years after the Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision of Saudia Flight 763 which was going from Delhi to Saudi Arabia’s Dhahran, and Kazakh Flight 1907 which w

The United States' National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has launched a parallel probe into the Air India plane crash here, drawing several international experts to the accident site. The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) of India had earlier launched a detailed probe to get to the bottom of the cause of the deadly crash last week.