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Free Malaysia Today
15 hours ago
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- Free Malaysia Today
Air India Dreamliner returns to Hong Kong after technical issue mid-air
The incident comes days after the Air India crash in Ahmedabad, which used the same type of Boeing aircraft. (EPA Images pic) 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 today, 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. AI315 made a return to Hong Kong International Airport and requested local standby at around 1pm, and 'landed safely at around 1.15 pm', the spokesman of Airport Authority Hong Kong said. The airport operations were not affected, the spokesman added. Flight AI315 took off from Hong Kong at around 12.20pm and landed just around an hour later. It reached an altitude of 22,000 feet, and then started descending, according to flight tracking website AirNav Radar. The plane was 7 years old. Boeing and Air India did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the Hong Kong-New Delhi flight. Last week's crash brings a new challenge for both Air India, which has for years been trying to revamp its fleet, and Boeing, which is trying to rebuild public trust following a series of safety and production crises.
Telegraph
a day ago
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- Telegraph
Air India Boeing Dreamliner turns back after ‘technical issue'
An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner plane was forced to turn around on Monday after a suspected mid-air technical issue. The aircraft, which was bound for New Delhi, returned to Hong Kong after the pilot believed there to be an issue, a source told Reuters. The incident came days after an Air India flight to London using the same type of Boeing crashed in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad moments after take-off. The crash killed 241 of the 242 people on board and dozens more on the ground. Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, a 40-year-old British citizen whose brother was also on the flight, was the only person to escape the wreckage alive. Air India flight AI315 travelling out of Hong Kong International Airport on Monday underwent checks following the reported issue, the source told Reuters. The flight requested local standby at around 1pm and 'landed safely at around 1.15pm', a spokesman for Airport Authority Hong Kong said, adding that airport operations were not affected. It had taken off from Hong Kong at around 12.20pm, reaching an altitude of 22,000ft before it started descending, according to flight tracking website AirNav Radar. The plane was seven years old. Boeing and Air India did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the flight, Reuters said. The crash of the Lound-bound Air India flight last week saw Boeing shares drop 4.8 per cent, wiping billions of dollars from its value. Indian health officials began handing the bodies of those killed in the incident to their loved ones on Monday, but most families continued to wait for the results of DNA testing. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner was engulfed by flames when it went down moments after take-off, smashing into nearby buildings used by medical staff. Indian authorities are yet to identify the cause of the disaster and have ordered inspections of Air India's Dreamliners. On Sunday, authorities announced that the plane's second black box – the cockpit voice recorder – had been recovered. Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu, India's aviation minister, said on Saturday he hoped decoding the first black box – the flight data recorder – would 'give an in-depth insight' into the circumstances of the crash.
