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Air India flight AI315, operating from Hong Kong to Delhi, returned to Hong Kong after the pilot detected a possible technical issue mid-air, ANI reported on Monday.The flight, operated by a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, had departed Hong Kong for its scheduled destination.The aircraft landed safely in Hong Kong. Meanwhile, the nature of the technical concern is yet to be known.The Dreamliner aircraft is now undergoing checks, Reuters reported citing sources.(Join our ETNRI WhatsApp channel for all the latest updates)According to tracking data on Flightradar24, flight AI315 took off from Hong Kong at 12:16 p.m. and landed just over an hour later.This comes amid Indian aviation sector's woes piling up following the Air India flight crash in Ahmedabad that happened on Thursday.The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner was en route to London from Ahmedabad when it crashed shortly after taking off from the airport and rammed into a doctors' hostel of BJ Medical College in Gujarat's Ahmedabad.There were 242 people on board the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, including 230 passengers and 12 crew members. Of the passengers, 241 died in the crash. The lone survivor, identified as Vishwashkumar Ramesh, a British national of Indian origin, sustained injuries and is undergoing treatment.
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