The Turkish government has denied claims that its aviation firm Turkish Technic was responsible for the maintenance of the Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner that crashed. The rebuttal comes amid strained India-Turkey relations and Air India’s decision to reduce reliance on Turkish MRO services.

The statement was in response to the allegations that firm Turkish Technic was involved in the maintenance of the crashed Air India plane.

Yoga guru Baba Ramdev had alleged the involvement of a Turkish maintenance agency whose contract with Indian airports was terminated in May 2025.

The Turkish government has denied reports claiming that Turkish Technic carried out maintenance on the Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner that crashed after take-off from Ahmedabad. The clarification follows online speculation about possible technical lapses.

"The claim that the maintenance of the crashed plane was carried out by Turkish Technic is disinformation aimed at manipulating public opinion regarding Türkiye-India relations," says Turkey

Following the Air India crash, Indian media outlets quickly started spreading rumors online, blaming Turkey for the tragic incident.

This comes nearly a month after a Turkish company managing operations at nine major Indian airports lost its security clearance, following Ankara's stance supporting Pakistan during Operation Sindoor.

LE BOURGET—Turkish Airlines is “closing the final gap” with Boeing on a potential large aircraft order, even if the June 12 crash of an Air India Boeing 787 means that those final discussions cannot take place at the Paris Air Show as the carrier had hoped.

When the Ilker Ayci controversy erupted, the writing was pretty much clear on the wall; yet IndiGo, SpiceJet and Air India continued doing business with Turkish entities. Nobody had anticipated that events would lead up to Operation Sindoor and Turkey would openly support Pakistan.

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