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ANA has 16 787-9s in its fleet and retrofits of existing aircraft will start in 2027. A date by which the entire fleet will be equipped with the new seat has not yet been decided. The 787-9s delivered with the new seats will have a three-class configuration: 48 business class, 21 premium economy and 137 economy.

It’s also the latest disaster to hit the beleaguered American aerospace giant — which has been dogged by a door that blew off a 737 jet, a leaky spacecraft that stranded astronauts on the International Space Station for months, as well as politically damaging delays in outfitting the new Air Force One jets.

The crash happened just weeks after the company cut a deal with the U.S. government to avoid taking criminal responsibility for a pair of deadly crashes in 2018 and 2019.

A European airport refused to allow a Boeing 787 carrying over 200 people at the end of an eight-hour flight for a very unusual reason. The American Airlines flight from Philadelphia to Naples was forced to land in Rome on June 3.

Stephanie Pope from Boeing and Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran recently met to discuss Air India's tragic flight AI171 crash. The incident involved a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner and resulted in over 270 casualties.

Last year, the F.A.A. said it was also investigating claims by a Boeing engineer that parts of the fuselage, or body, of the Dreamliner were improperly fastened together, which the whistle-blower said could cause premature damage to the plane over years of use.

Boeing Co. is scaling back its presence at the 2025 Paris Air Show this week following the June 12 fatal crash of an Air India 787 Dreamliner wide-body jet