Accidents/NTSB

Nguyen was on a solo global flight and had departed Oshkosh, Wisconsin, just days earlier.

Tire blew on takeoff roll and passengers hit the slides.

The aircraft was 117 pounds overweight, the NTSB found.

The NTSB’s preliminary report confirms the pilot reported control difficulties and made several mayday calls before losing radar contact.

The NTSB attributes the in-flight separation of the left mid-exit door plug to Boeing’s failure to follow proper manufacturing procedures.

Prominent Ohio citizens were on their way to Montana.

Blood and broken glass were found in the cabin.

Not clear if that was a factor in the accident.

Poor-quality video basis for rampant speculation about crash cause.

A Boeing 787 Dreamliner carrying 242 people crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad, India, on Thursday.