The crash deals a fresh blow to the beleaguered U.S. plane maker, which has been mired by safety and production issues in recent years.

Some six weeks later, the American aviation giant finds itself once more under scrutiny for its safety record after one of its 787 Dreamliner jets – one of the most successful models in Boeing’s history – crashed on take-off from the Indian city of Ahmedabad.

An Air India jet flying from Ahmedabad to London crashed shortly after takeoff into a fireball with 242 people aboard.