San Francisco: US aerospace giant Boeing has signed a contract valued at $7 billion to supply 12 of its 787 Dreamliner aircraft to Gulf Air, with options for six additional jets. The agreement, announced Thursday, comes as the Bahrain-based airline seeks to expand its global reach and modernise its fleet.

The deadly Air India crash last month has renewed a decades-old debate in the aviation industry over installing video cameras monitoring airline pilot actions to complement the cockpit voice and flight data recorders already used by accident investigators.

International airlines from South Korea and India are preparing to inspect its Boeing fleets following findings from the Air India crash investigation.

PILOT error is suspected in the Air India crash which killed 260 people including 52 Britons, The Sun can reveal. Analysis of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner’s Black Box indicates a possibility that the