Air India plane with 242 aboard crashes in Ahmedabad
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Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu said the country has very strict aviation safety standards and robust protocols, and everything will be done to further improve safety. "Any theory going around the plane crash will be analysed,
Air India on Saturday said it is in the process of completing the one-time safety inspections, as mandated by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), for its Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet.
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Air India confirmed that the safety checks are being performed as the aircraft return to India, before they are cleared for their next scheduled operations. So far, nine Boeing 787 aircraft have undergone inspection,
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