It’s also the latest disaster to hit the beleaguered American aerospace giant — which has been dogged by a door that blew off a 737 jet, a leaky spacecraft that stranded astronauts on the International Space Station for months, as well as politically damaging delays in outfitting the new Air Force One jets.

U.S. safety officials are traveling to India to investigate the cause of the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, a popular model that airlines operate out of DFW, Houston and other U.S. hubs.