Jun. 18 at 3:10 AM
India's Directorate General of Civil Aviation: "The aircraft & associated maintenance systems were found to be compliant w/ existing safety standards"
The plane was a 12-yr-old
$BA 787, powered by
$GE Aerospace GEnx engines that had accumulated 41,700 flight hours over 7,800 flights & were overhauled earlier in 2025 in accordance w/ typical operating procedures
DGCA ordered Air India to conduct "enhanced safety inspection" on their 33 Boeing 787 aircrafts - 24 of 33 have been checked so far - "did not reveal any major safety concern"
Both black boxes have been recovered: flight data recorder & cockpit voice recorder
Decoding of the data at the AAIB lab in Delhi will be led by Indian investigators, w/ experts from Boeing, GE, Air India & Indian regulators. Investigators from the NTSB & UK will also be participating.
Under international rules set by the UN aviation body ICAO, a prelim investigation report should be released w/n 30 days, & final report ideally within 12 months
