The Dreamliner Nightmare, Flight AI‑171 Never Made It Home
Flames burst through the sky over Ahmedabad. Families waited at the airport, unaware their loved ones would never return. Many lives were lost in India’s deadliest aviation tragedy in decades — but was it preventable? This wasn’t the first time this particular aircraft had raised alarms. In November 2021, the same Boeing 787 Dreamliner, operating a flight from London to Hyderabad, was forced to make an emergency landing in Turkey due to a fuel leak. Disturbingly, whistleblowers from the Boeing factory where these Dreamliners were manufactured had long raised concerns. In undercover investigations, workers were asked if they would personally fly on the aircraft they built — and they categorically refused. Many alleged that the planes were assembled with faulty parts, and that metal shavings and other foreign objects were often left inside the fuselage. Quality control violations were ignored, and employees claimed they were pressured not to report safety lapses. One Boeing quality...