Air India faces disruptions with international flight cancellations, maintenance checks, airspace closures, and unserviceable aircraft causing chaos.

As per flight tracking data, at least nine Air India flights that were to be operated using the Boeing 787 aircraft have been cancelled so far on Tuesday.

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The aircraft struck a medical college hostel in a residential part of Ahmedabad, killing 241 of the 242 people on board.