Air India says one engine on crashed plane was new

One of the engines of the Air India plane that crashed last week was new, while the other was not due for servicing until December, the airline's chairman has said.

In an interview with an Indian news channel, N Chandrasekaran said that both engines of the aircraft had "clean" histories.

"The right engine was a new engine put in March 2025. The left engine was last serviced in 2023 and due for its next maintenance check in December 2025," he told Times Now channel.

At least 270 people, most of them passengers, were killed last Thursday when AI171, a London-bound Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, crashed less than a minute after taking off from Ahmedabad airport in western India.