AAIB to Investigate First Fatal Crash of Boeing 787

Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) will probe the Air India plane crash at the Ahmedabad Airport on Thursday, according to an official.

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Air India's Dreamliner Boeing 787 aircraft, involved in the crash, had 242 people on board, including 12 crew members.

AAIB Director General and Director of Investigation at the agency, among others, will be leaving for Ahmedabad, the official said.

Under the civil aviation ministry, AAIB is responsible for the classification of safety occurrences, involving aircraft operating in the Indian airspace into accidents and serious incidents. It carries out detailed investigations into accidents and also suggests measures to improve safety. "We are aware of initial reports and are working to gather more information," Boeing said in a statement.

Boeing's 787 Dreamliners took to the skies 14 years ago and the Ahmedabad plane crash on Thursday afternoon is the first incident of the best-selling wide-body aircraft suffering a fatal accident.

The Boeing 787-8 aircraft - VTANB was 11.5 years old and had flown for more than 41,000 hours, according to aviation analytics firm Cirium.