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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

Boeing experts and UK and US aviation officials join Air India crash investigation

Tail section of the Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner lodged in a building
The reported finding of a black box recorder has raised hopes that some information on the cause of the crash could become available soon. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters

A team of Boeing experts has flown out to offer assistance to the state-led investigation into the Air India crash in Ahmedabad, with UK and US officials also arriving in the city.

The unexplained descent of the Boeing 787 plane immediately after takeoff has cast fresh shadows over the US aircraft manufacturer, although the well-established Dreamliner model has been in operation for more than a decade.

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