The accident happened just weeks after the company cut a deal with the U.S. government to avoid taking criminal responsibility for a pair of deadly crashes in 2018 and 2019.

An Air India plane with 242 people on board has crashed near a major international airport in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad. Air India, the country’s flagship carrier, confirmed that Flight 171 from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick was “involved in an accident today after take-off” and offered “full cooperation to the authorities investigating this incident.

Ayden Bingham, who led Thatcher to the 3A state football final in 2022, was among six passengers, with his father and two brothers in a plane crash.

The FAA reported the crash as being about 5 miles off the coast. The Coast Guard said its personnel at the Joint Harbor Operations Center in San Diego received the initial report at 12:45 p.m. It also pinpointed the crash site about 3 miles west of Point Loma.