Boeing Jet Explodes in Giant Fireball, Killing Hundreds

A Boeing Dreamliner 787 plane crashed into a residential neighborhood with 242 people on just moments after they got out of Ahmed Abad in western India, and they exploded in a huge fiery ball.

The reason for the tragic tragic loss in life is still unknown. like CNBC Reports, it may take months to find out.

The high -body aircraft was delivered to Air India in 2014. According to a tweet by Flightradar, the Boeing plane climbed to almost 200 feet before it took back in a “475 -foot header in the minute”.

“We are in contact with Air India regarding trip 171 and stand ready to support them,” Boeing wrote in a statement. “Our ideas with passengers, crew and first respondents, all of whom were affected.”

While we are waiting for more clarity about what happened in the moments before the accident, the flight giant is already hurt. The shares of the company fell by more than four percent on Thursday after the opening of the markets after the explosion.

Boeing was already subjected to intense scrutiny after two fatal accidents in late 2018 and early 2019, both of whom participated in the 737 Max 8 Max plane.

Today’s collision is the first to include 787 Dreamliner for the company since it was presented in 2011, according to the company’s data – which is likely to lead to a lot of intense and renewed audit.

Things did not improve better for the giant of the space in the wake of these deadly accidents. The company has been involved in disputes since then, including an accident when “Gabes Al -Bab” has exploded from a flight at Alaska Airlines in early 2024, forcing the pilot to achieve a decline in emergency situations.

Boeing was forced to lay off thousands of workers amid major financial disorders. Tens of thousands of mechanics remained in late 2024, depth of the company’s crisis.

Starliner spacecraft, which is designed to provide an alternative to the Spacex Dragon Crew Dragon capsule to connect astronauts to the International Space Station, was also a disastrous year. It is still unclear whether Boeing will try another test trip after major technical problems during its first mission last year.

Under the new CEO, Kelly Ordberg, the company’s financial statements have achieved a great recovery. The stocks rose about 15 percent so far.

How to add the latest fatal collision to the current company’s problems. Only last month, the company reached an agreement with the Ministry of Justice, which may allow it to avoid criminal responsibility for fatal accidents in 2018 and 2019.

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