The airline's chairman has insisted the Boeing 787-8 aircraft travelling from Ahmedabad to Gatwick had a "clean history".

Air India faces fresh turbulence following last week’s fatal crash as additional safety inspections on its Dreamliner fleet lead to flight delays, cancellations and growing passenger anxiety.

For more than a decade, pilots and judges have warned that India’s breakneck urban development was pushing population centers closer to the nation’s runways.