** U.S. airline stocks were lower on Thurs following the deadly Air India plane crash
** An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner headed for London Gatwick Airport crashed just after take off in the western city of Ahmedabad, killing more than 290 people including passengers and medical college students
** Shares of U.S. carriers were mostly negative: Southwest Airlines LUV.N was down 2.2%, United Airlines UAL.O fell 2%, American Airlines AAL.O down 1.7%, Delta Air Lines DAL.N lost 0.8% JetBlue Airways JBLU.O is down 0.6%, Allegiant Travel ALGT.O fell 0.9%, and Frontier Group ULCC.O off ~2%
** Boeing BA.N was down ~4.5%
(Reporting by Chibuike Oguh in New York)
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