Thursday’s Air India plane crash that killed more than 240 people has brought renewed scrutiny on Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner aircraft — which was at the center of a conspiracy theory following a whistleblower’s suicide last year.
The disaster marks the first time a 787 Dreamliner — Boeing’s newest plane model — has been involved in a catastrophic crash since its debut in 2011.
It’s also the latest disaster to hit the beleaguered American aerospace giant — which has been dogged by a door that blew off a 737 jet, a leaky spacecraft that stranded astronauts on the International Space Station for months, as well as politically damaging delays in outfitting the new Air Force One jets.
The Dreamliner is Boeing’s bestselling wide-body aircraft, and more than 1,200 have been delivered to airlines worldwide.
The deadly crash has left a stain on the jet’s safety record heading into the Paris air show next week. Boeing’s stock tanking by nearly 4.8% as CEO Kelly Ortberg scrambles to boost production of the Dreamliner.
The Dreamliner was first introduced on Japan’s All Nippon Airways in 2011 and there are more than 30 operated by Air India today, according to Cirium, an aviation data firm.
The Air India jet that crashed on Thursday was built in 2014 and had performed some 8,000 takeoffs and landings, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Despite enjoying a 14-year safety streak, the troubled aerospace giant has seen its Dreamliner suffer from a series of production woes and attention...
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