This is a different plane from the Boeing 737 Max, which was in the headlines after fatal crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia, which killed hundreds of people in 2018 and 2019 respectively. A software fault was found to have caused those incidents and the model was grounded worldwide for 18 months.

Whatever the official cause of the deadly Air India plane crash, both the Modi government and Boeing are more focused on safeguarding corporate interests than upholding passenger safety.