Safety checks completed for 9 Boeing 787 Dreamliners; checks may result in flight delays: Air India

New Delhi, 14/6: Air India on Saturday said it has done one-time safety checks on nine of its Boeing 787 Dreamliners and is on track to complete the checks on the remaining 24 such planes as directed by aviation regulator DGCA.

In the wake of the fatal crash of Air India’s Boeing 787-8 plane in Ahmedabad on Thursday, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Friday ordered enhanced safety checks of the aircraft fleet