Air India Boeing 787-8 [Credit: Shutterstock/Soos Jozsef]
Key Takeaways:
An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad, India, with video showing the landing gear remained extended before a fiery impact with a medical college cafeteria.
The aircraft's black boxes have been recovered, and India's AAIB is leading the investigation, assisted by U.S. and Boeing teams, into what marks the first accident involving a 787-8.
The crash involved 230 passengers and 12 crew, with at least one known survivor reporting a loud bang prior to the aircraft going down, and the pilot having declared an emergency.
The black boxes of the Air India 787-8 Dreamliner that crashed on takeoff in Ahmedabad, India, on Thursday have been recovered.
The boxes record flight information and are located in the tail of the aircraft. Photographs of the accident site show the remains of the tail atop a building where the jet came down.
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Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.
