Boeing stock was in a holding pattern on Tuesday as investors waited for details from flight data recorders from Air India flight 171, which crashed on June 12, less than a minute after taking off from an airport in Ahmedabad, India.

The much-awaited preliminary report on the devastating Air India crash, involving a Boeing Co. BA +1.68% Get Free Report airplane, in June, which claimed 260 lives, is expected to be released by the end of this week.

Indian aviation accident authorities are set to release a preliminary report this week into the Air India Ltd. plane that crashed almost a month ago, a person familiar with the plan said.