Air India said on Wednesday (June 18) it will cut international operations on its widebody aircraft by 15 per cent for the next few weeks, citing ongoing safety inspections and operational disruptions following last week's deadly crash of one of its Boeing 787 Dreamliners.

The move comes amid ongoing safety inspections and external constraints including regional tensions and airspace curfews

As officials are still examining the cause of last week’s deadly Air India Flight A171 crash in Ahmedabad, India, investigators suspect the Boeing aircraft’s emergency power system was possibly operational before the crash,