Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu said the country has very strict aviation safety standards and robust protocols, and everything will be done to further improve safety. "Any theory going around the plane crash will be analysed,

In a statement shared on social media platform X, Air India said that nine of its Boeing 787 aircraft have already undergone the required safety checks.

A Lufthansa flight heading to Hyderabad had to turn back mid-air and return to Frankfurt Airport on Sunday evening after passengers were reportedly told that the aircraft did not have “permission to land” in India.

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.

The investigation into Air India flight 171 crash opens up questions into the many concerns surrounding Boeing's 787.