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Shares in aircraft manufacturer Boeing fell by 8% in pre-market U.S. trading on Thursday following the crash of an Air India 787-8 Dreamliner carrying 242 passengers, shortly after take-off from Ahmedabad, in western India. According to India’s federal health minister, the crash claimed “many lives”. The aircraft was en route to Gatwick Airport in the UK, with local police confirming it came down in a civilian area near Ahmedabad airport.