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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Elias Visontay and Gwyn Topham

Air India crash: investigators to focus on plane’s engine thrust, wing flaps and landing gear

Debris of Air India flight 171 after it crashed in a residential area near the airport in Ahmedabad
Debris of Air India flight 171 after it crashed in a residential area near the airport in Ahmedabad. Photograph: Punit Paranjpe/AFP/Getty Images

The official investigation into Air India flight AI171 is focusing on the Boeing 787’s engine thrust, wing flaps and landing gear, with the airline’s maintenance regime also coming under scrutiny.

With one black box now retrieved from the wreckage of the plane, India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau is looking at whether the plane’s engine thrust and wing flaps failed, and why the landing gear remained open.

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