Indian aviation accident authorities are set to release a preliminary report this week into the Air India Ltd. plane that crashed almost a month ago, a person familiar with the plan said.

Long before the Air India tragedy, the cause of which is still to be determined, people who had worked on the 787 had raised concerns about the production standards

Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner is more modest. Yet it may be months, perhaps years, before most airline travelers in the United States experience the aircraft’s new technology.

Boeing on Tuesday said it has scheduled the first delivery of its much-anticipation 787 Dreamliner for the third quarter of 2011. But that comes only after three years of delays. Daniel Terdiman/CNET

Yet Gulf rival Emirates will soon welcome dozens of Dreamliners into its fleet for the first time. British travellers are likely to be flying on the 787 for a couple of decades yet. But after the tragedy in Ahmedabad, passengers’ appreciation of the Dreamliner may diminish.

The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner had been bound for London's Gatwick Airport. The aircraft had 242 people on board — only one person, a passenger, survived, Air India said. Asia

Boeing Co. raised the curtain on its first fully assembled 787 on Sunday before an audience of thousands packed into its widebody assembly plant for the plane's extravagantly orchestrated premiere.

The new base, slated to open in 2026, is part of the airline's "commitment to build Seattle into a global gateway."

The FAA says it's investigating Boeing after some required inspections of the 787 Dreamliner were not performed as required. Dreamliners are shown under production at Boeing's manufacturing ...