The Directorate General of Civil Aviation on Friday directed Air India to carry out additional maintenance checks on all its Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft, a day after its London-bound flight crashed in Ahmedabad and claimed 241 lives.

“As a preventive measure DGCA hereby directs M/s Air India to carry out following additional maintenance actions on B787-8/9 aircrafts equipped with Genx engines with immediate effect in coordination with the concerned regional DGCA offices,” a DGCA letter accessed by NDTV Profit.

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