Boeing shares are a sharp fall after Air India aircraft crashing 242 people

Boeing’s shares declined nearly 8% in pre -conference transactions today, Thursday, after Air India’s crash carrying 242 people shortly after take -off near Ahmedabad airport in India. The aircraft involved was a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, which was delivered to Air India in 2014, according to the Flightradar24 flight monitoring site. The flight was destined for London’s Gatwick Airport. The crash is, according to the Yahoo Finance, a serious blow to the aerospace colossus, which has gathered a large number of aircraft orders under the leadership of Managing Director Kelly Ortberg. The company’s shares had risen more than 20% since the beginning of the year, thanks to Boeing’s large recovery after an extremely difficult year in 2024, which was triggered by the incident with the “Door Plug” on a flight from Alaska Airlines (ALK). That incident caused a wave of pipelines, government investigations and changes in the safety and production areas – […]
Source: News Beast

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