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Boeing Co. Chief Executive Officer Kelly Ortberg finds himself in a familiar role — facing another crisis — this time a crash involving the company’s marquee 787 Dreamliner jet in India that killed more than 240 people.

U.S. stocks are drifting lower as momentum wanes from a big rally that had brought them to the brink of their record.

The crash 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.

US stocks open down after Trump raised tariff tensions by promising unilateral tariff rates within two weeks. Boeing shares fall after a deadly crash.

A London-bound Air India plane carrying more than 240 people crashed shortly after takeoff Thursday. Authorities said there were no known survivors.

U.S. equities were mixed and little changed at midday as a second inflation report this week came in lower than anticipated.