India, June 13 -- In the wake of the AI-171 Ahmedabad plane crash, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Friday directed intensified safety inspections of Air India's Boeing 787-8 and 787-9 fleet.

India's aviation regulator directed Air India to perform checks on fuel parameter monitoring and associated system checks, in a development that comes in the aftermath of the fatal Ahmedabad plane crash that killed all, except one, people onboard on Thursday. Follow Ahmedabad plane crash news live updates

According to the DGCA notification, with the subject 'Enhanced Safety Inspection on Boeing 787-8/9 fleet of M/s Air India', the airliner has been directed to carry out following additional maintenance actions on B787-8/9 aircraf...