The deadly crash of an Air India flight carrying more than 240 people on Thursday arrives after years of efforts to turn around the country’s flag carrier — which had been plagued by tragedy and financial losses under prior state ownership.

Management installed by the Tata Group had spent three years struggling to undo a reputation for shoddy operations earned during decades of state ownership.

The airline must hold open investigation into the accident to regain customer trust amid efforts to overhaul the company to spur growth, analysts say Air India's crash of a Boeing 787 jet that killed more than 200 people will be a huge setback to the former state-run carrier's comeback plans after a change in its ownership to the Tata Group three