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Yahoo
12 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner turns around mid-flight after technical issue
An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner had to return to Hong Kong mid-flight after a suspected technical issue. The passenger jet - the same type as the aircraft involved in last week's tragedy in Ahmedabad - was bound for but turned back after the pilot raised suspected an issue, an Air India spokesperson told Sky News. It's not yet known what the suspected technical issue flagged by the pilot. Flight AI315 took off from at 12.16pm and landed just over an hour later, according to tracking data on Flightradar24. An Air India spokesperson told Sky News that the airline hasn't yet established if there was a technical issue but the pilot suspected something. The aircraft is now undergoing checks, Reuters reported. Boeing did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the Hong Kong-New Delhi flight. It comes just days after an Air India Dreamliner from Ahmedabad airport in western India, killing 229 passengers and 12 crew, with one person surviving the crash.
Sky News
12 hours ago
- General
- Sky News
Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner turns around mid-flight after technical issue
An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner had to return to Hong Kong mid-flight after a suspected technical issue. The passenger jet - the same type as the aircraft involved in last week's tragedy in Ahmedabad - was bound for New Delhi but turned back after the pilot raised suspected an issue, an Air India spokesperson told Sky News. It's not yet known what the suspected technical issue flagged by the pilot. Flight AI315 took off from Hong Kong at 12.16pm and landed just over an hour later, according to tracking data on Flightradar24. An Air India spokesperson told Sky News that the airline hasn't yet established if there was a technical issue but the pilot suspected something. The aircraft is now undergoing checks, Reuters reported. Boeing did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the Hong Kong-New Delhi flight. It comes just days after an Air India Dreamliner catastrophically crashed shortly after take-off from Ahmedabad airport in western India, killing 229 passengers and 12 crew, with one person surviving the crash.
Al Arabiya
12 hours ago
- General
- Al Arabiya
Air India Dreamliner returns to Hong Kong after mid-air technical issue
An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner plane bound for New Delhi returned to its origin of Hong Kong as a precautionary measure on Monday, after the pilot suspected a technical issue mid-air, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The incident comes days after an Air India flight to London, using the same type of Boeing aircraft, crashed in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad moments after take-off, killing 241 of the 242 people on board. The Dreamliner aircraft flying Air India flight AI315 out of Hong Kong on Monday is now undergoing checks, said the source with knowledge of the matter. Flight AI315 took off from Hong Kong at 12:16 p.m. and landed just over an hour later, according to tracking data on Flightradar24. Boeing and Air India did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the Hong Kong-New Delhi flight.
CNA
13 hours ago
- General
- CNA
Air India Dreamliner returns to Hong Kong after technical issue mid-air, source says
NEW DELHI: An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner plane bound for New Delhi returned to its origin of Hong Kong as a precautionary measure on Monday (Jun 16), after the pilot suspected a technical issue mid-air, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The incident comes days after an Air India flight to London, using the same type of Boeing aircraft, crashed in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad moments after take-off, killing 241 of the 242 people on board. The Dreamliner aircraft flying Air India flight AI315 out of Hong Kong on Monday is now undergoing checks, said the source with knowledge of the matter. Flight AI315 took off from Hong Kong at 12.16pm and landed just over an hour later, according to tracking data on Flightradar24.
