Arya News - Decision to go back was a precautionary measure after a mid-air technical issue was suspected.
NEW DELHI – An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner plane bound for New Delhi returned to Hong Kong on Monday as a precautionary measure after a mid-air technical issue was suspected.
“AI315 returned to Hong Kong shortly after take-off due to a technical issue. The flight landed safely and is undergoing checks as a matter of abundant precaution,” according to sources.
The Hong Kong-Delhi flight took off at around 9.30 am (IST) before circling back to the airport within 90 minutes, data from online tracker Flightradar24 showed.
AI315 made a return to Hong Kong International Airport after requesting local standby at around 1 pm and landed safely at around 1:15 pm. The flight took off from Hong Kong at around 12:20 pm. It reached an altitude of 22,000 feet and then started descending, according to the flight tracking website AirNav Radar. The plane is 7 years old.
The incident comes days after an Air India flight to London, using the same type of Boeing aircraft, crashed in Ahmedabad moments after take-off, killing 241 of the 242 people on board.