Trump Says He Offered Assistance to India After Boeing Crash
The crash site of Air India Ltd. Flight 171 in Ahmedabad, India, on June 12.
Photographer: Siddharaj Solanki/BloombergUS President Donald Trump expressed his condolences after the deadly crash of a Boeing Co. 787 Dreamliner operated by Air India that left hundreds dead, saying he had offered “pointers” on possible causes as well as an offer of assistance to Indian authorities.
“I gave them a couple of pointers. I said, ‘Maybe you look at this,’ you know, we saw the plane, it looked like it was flying pretty well, it didn’t look like there was an explosion, just looked like the engines maybe lost power,” Trump said at an event Thursday at the White House.