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Airline carrying out Boeing 787 safety checks as families reunited with victims - Air India's Boeing 787 fleet could be grounded temporarily
Air India confirmed that 241 of the 242 people on board were killed, with one survivor, a British national, being treated in a hospital.
Just days after his wife, Bharatiben, succumbed to cancer, Arjun Patoliya visited their native Gujarat village in India last week to fulfill her dying wish of being laid to rest there.
The crash could renew scrutiny of Boeing, which suffered a major blow to its reputation after 2018 and 2019 crashes involving its 737 Max planes.
Air India and Boeing are in the midst of significant turnarounds, but knowing the cause of the crash of Flight 171 will take a lengthy investigation.