The DGCA, following the AI171 crash, mandated enhanced safety inspections of all Dreamliner aircraft before takeoff and during transit.

Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) Director General Faiz Ahmed Kidwai will chair a virtual meeting with Air India and Air India Express on Tuesday, five days after the Air India plane crash that rattled the nation. The DGCA, which is India's civil aviation regulator, however did not specify when this meeting will be held.

A high-level multi-disciplinary committee formed by the Centre to investigate the Ahmedabad Air India plane crash will submit its report within three months, Union Minister Murlidhar Mohol said on Tuesday (June 17, 2025)

Sabharwal was piloting the Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner when it crashed. He, along with 240 other passengers, was killed in the crash on June 12

On June 12, an Air India Boeing 787 crashed near Ahmedabad, killing 241 people, including five medical students in a hostel. The tragedy ignited a major fire and prompted an investigation by the DGCA,