Air India directed to carry out Boeing 787 safety checks as families reunited with victims Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe on Thursday declared a State of Emergency and activated the Missouri National Guard in anticipation of protests across the state. They thought he was doing a different kind of "cruising."

The crash happened just weeks after the company cut a deal with the U.S. government to avoid taking criminal responsibility for a pair of deadly crashes in 2018 and 2019.

The investigation into Air India flight 171 crash opens up questions into the many concerns surrounding Boeing's 787.

Boeing had previously suspended new aircraft deliveries to China as US President Donald Trump's tariff war escalated between the world's two largest economies.

The head of Air France-KLM voiced confidence in the Boeing 787 Dreamliner as he expressed condolences to Air India and those affected by the deadly crash of a London-bound passenger jet in Ahmedabad on Thursday.

A nurse from Portsmouth is confirmed among the fatalities on the Boeing 787-8 aircraft which crashed less than a minute after take off.