Air India Flight Crash: GE Aerospace Offers Support in Air India Boeing 787 Crash Investigation, ET Infra
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NEW DELHI: GE Aerospace , the manufacturer whose engines powered the ill-fated Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft, which crashed near Ahmedabad International Airport on Thursday afternoon, has said that it will support the investigation which will now ascertain the cause of the deadly crash.The Air India Boeing 787 was powered by two GEnx-1B engines and the class of the engine is one of the fastest-selling widebody jet engines in the aerospace company's history.'We are deeply saddened by the loss of Air India Flight AI-171 . We extend our heartfelt sympathies to the families and loved ones of those impacted. We have activated our emergency response team, and we are prepared to support our customer and the investigation,' said the company in a statement.While the preliminary cause of the crash has not been identified but as per videos publicly available, the aircraft soon after take-off was unable to gain the adequate lift and crashed outside the perimeter of the airport into a building.According to a statement from the DGCA, as per the Air Traffic Control (ATC) at the airport, the Boeing 787 aircraft departed from Ahmedabad at 1339 IST from runway 23 and soon after gave a distress Mayday call to ATC, but thereafter no response was given by the aircraft to the calls made by ATC and crashed outside the airport perimeter.Civil aviation accidents in India are investigated by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), an attached office of the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
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