For more than a decade, pilots and judges have warned that India’s breakneck urban development was pushing population centers closer to the nation’s runways.

Air India Chairman N. Chandrasekaran said on Wednesday that Air India's Boeing Dreamliner flight that crashed with 242 people on board last week had a clean engine history. In an interview with Indian broadcaster Times Now,

The move came a day after Indian officials told the airline to improve its operations, and as delays and canceled flights are drawing complaints from passengers.