The Dreamliner crash echoes the catastrophic 737 MAX crashes of 2018 and 2019, which killed 346 people and exposed profound flaws in Boeing's design and certification processes. Ed Pierson, a 737 MAX whistleblower and former Boeing engineer, starkly warned senators last year that:

Air India plane crash investigators find the first of the "black boxes" from the Boeing 787-8 that slammed into buildings, killing all but one of the 242 people on board.

The event, which runs from June 16 to June 20, is the industry's largest trade show, where many aircraft orders are typically placed by airlines.

Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu said the country has very strict aviation safety standards and robust protocols, and everything will be done to further improve safety. "Any theory going around the plane crash will be analysed,

Air India flight AI171, a Boeing 787-8 carrying 242 people, crashed after taking off from Ahmedabad on its way to London.