section_path: Background/Aircraft and route
section_name: Aircraft and route
paragraph_text: Aircraft and route
  
  The aircraft involved was an 11-year-old Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner registered VT-ANB with serial number 36279. The aircraft was assembled at the Boeing Everett Factory and included fuselage sections made at the Boeing South Carolina facility. It was delivered to Air India on 28 January 2014 and powered by two General Electric GEnx-1B67 engines.
  
  Air India began operating routes to London Gatwick in 2023. At the time of the crash, it operated twelve departures a week, including five to Ahmedabad, where the airport is surrounded by dense residential areas.