According to the chairman of the airline, one of the engines of the Air India aircraft that crashed last week was brand-new, while the other wasn’t scheduled for maintenance until December.
N Chandrasekaran claimed that the aircraft’s two engines had “clean” histories in an interview with an Indian news channel.
“In March 2025, a new engine was installed. He informed the Times Now station that the left engine’s next maintenance check is scheduled for December 2025, having previously been serviced in 2023.
AI171, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner headed for London, crashed less than a minute after taking off from Ahmedabad airport in western India last Thursday, killing at least 270 persons, the majority of whom were passengers.
