On Thursday, an Air India Boeing 787 headed for London with 242 passengers on board crashed minutes after takeoff from India's western city of Ahmedabad, killing more than 200 people.
Here are some information about the wide-body intercontinental jet.
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is one of the most modern planes in operation, and experts claim it has a good safety record, with no prior tragic incidents. Boeing said it was aware of the first claims and was attempting to obtain further information.
* The 787-8 aircraft involved in Thursday's tragedy was delivered in 2014 and is the smallest of the three versions.
* The 787-8 normally seats 248 passengers, while the bigger and longer-range 787-9 seats 296 people. According to Boeing statistics, the 787-10, the biggest model with the lowest range, has 336 seats.
* The twin-engined 787 is available with either GE Aerospace or Rolls-Royce engines. The engines of the wrecked plane were provided by GE, which stated that it will assist the inquiry.
* Boeing has sold over 2,500 787 aircraft, including 47 to Air India. It has delivered 1,189 planes to airlines or lessors, but production delays in recent years have exacerbated America's greatest exporter's business dilemma.
* Following development delays, the 787 flew for the first time in 2011 and entered service the same year.
* Its development was a design innovation, promising 20% higher fuel efficiency through the use of robust, lightweight composite materials and additional electrical systems.
* Its size, range, and efficiency made it perfect for creating new routes, bypassing hubs served by jumbos like the Boeing 747 and Airbus A380, and helping to phase out these planes from manufacture.
* Airbus followed suit, producing the A350 composite jetliner.
* The 787 also pioneered a new manner of producing airplanes, with most of the construction and components outsourced to firms across the world and assembled in Everett, Washington, and then North Charleston, South Carolina.
However, the restructuring caused supply chain issues, and Boeing eventually admitted that it had overreached with outsourcing.
Previous incidents:
* In July 2013, an empty Ethiopian Airlines 787 caught fire on the ground at Heathrow airport in London due to a short-circuit in an emergency locator transmitter.
* Also in 2013, authorities briefly grounded the worldwide 787 fleet due to lithium battery overheating on two Japanese flights between Tokyo and Boston, prompting design revisions to reduce the danger of thermal runaway.
* At least 50 passengers were injured in March of last year when a 787 operated by LATAM Airlines crashed in mid-flight between Sydney and Auckland. The investigators focused on an involuntary forward movement in the pilot seat.
