Boeing, GE Executives Meet Air India After Deadly 787 Crash

Stephanie Pope, head of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, met with Air India Chairman N. Chandrasekaran at the airline's headquarters in Gurugram, India, to discuss the investigation into last week's fatal crash of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The London-bound Air India flight crashed seconds after takeoff from Ahmedabad, killing 241 of the 242 people on board, marking the world's worst aviation disaster in a decade. Boeing's India President Salil Gupte accompanied Pope, and executives from GE Aerospace, which supplied the engines for the Dreamliner, also met with Chandrasekaran. The discussions were private, and details have not been disclosed, but the crash represents a critical challenge for Boeing's leadership as it seeks to restore trust after prior safety and production issues. Air India operates 33 Dreamliners and is a major Boeing customer, with more than 200 aircraft on order, including 20 787s. Boeing, GE Aerospace, and Air India have not commented publicly on the meetings or the ongoing investigation.