New Delhi, June 13 -- The Air India plane that crashed in Ahmedabad minutes after takeoff was a Boeing 787 Dreamliner - a model that whistleblowers had already been expressing concerns about.

In 2024, Boeing engineer Sam Salehpour's concerns about the 787 Dreamliner jet's design had made US federal authorities launch an investigation into the company, multiple reports from that year say.

He had alleged last year that Boeing used 'shortcuts' in the making of the aircraft model's fuselage.

A year later, an ill-fated Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft of Air India crashed in Ahmedabad, taking away lives of 241 people on board and injuring scores others as it fell on a building full of people. The cause of the plane crash, however, has not bee...