A stark warning made by a Boeing whistleblower has resurfaced after a London-bound passenger plane crashed in Ahmedabad, .
The plane, carrying 242 passengers and crew members, took off at 1.38pm local time only to begin plummeting 30 seconds later.
The hit the top floor of a medical college a mile southwest of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport before crashing.
Air India said included 169 Indians, 53 British citizens, seven Portuguese nationals and one Canadian.
Just , is believed to have survived.
Footage showed the 787, also called a , skid as it went down, damaging buildings before bursting into flames.
Up to 80 students were inside the dining hall on the top floor of BJ Medical College when the plane hit, killing five people.
, with air accident officials from Britain travelling to support their Indian counterparts.
Sam Salehpour, an engineer at Boeing for over a decade, alleged last year that Boeing ‘took shortcuts’ while manufacturing the wide-body jet to speed up production.
The claimed that the 787’s fuselage, the aircraft’s body, could break apart mid-flight after thousands of trips.
He testified: ‘I have analysed Boeing’s own data to conclude that the company is taking manufacturing shortcuts on the 787 program that may significantly reduce the airplane safety and the lifecycle.’
He said this was because the enormous parts that make up a fuselage were made by different manufacturers, so they didn’t properly fit together.
Salehpour told a Senate...
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