Factbox-Air India Disaster Is 1st Fatal Boeing 787 Accident
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An Air India passenger plane with 242 people on board has crashed shortly after taking off from an airport in India’s western city of Ahmedabad. Images from the scene showed thick black smoke rising up into the sky after the plane crashed in a residential area.
Air Force Secretary Troy Meink told lawmakers on Thursday that it will “probably” cost the Air Force less than $400 million to retrofit a luxury Qatari plane that President Donald Trump has said he is getting from the Qataris as a gift to use as the new Air Force One.