A Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane, operated by Air India, crashed in Ahmedabad earlier this week, killing almost everyone on board and many more on the ground. India's aviation watchdog has since ordered the carrier to complete safety checks on its entire Dreamliner fleet.

It’s also the latest disaster to hit the beleaguered American aerospace giant — which has been dogged by a door that blew off a 737 jet, a leaky spacecraft that stranded astronauts on the International Space Station for months, as well as politically damaging delays in outfitting the new Air Force One jets.