Mid-air scare: Air India’s Delhi-bound flight returns to Hong Kong; Technical obstacle suspects | Delhi News
New Delhi: A Delhi-Bound Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner returned to Hong Kong Airport on Monday morning when the aircraft allegedly faced a technical snag mid-heart.Flight, AI-315, was operated by Air India.It left Hong Kong and was the route to Delhi when the crew discovered a possible technical issue.As a precautionary measure, the aircraft returned to Hong Kong to ensure passenger safety.Air India remains to be issued an official statement regarding the incident.The incident crashed London-Bound Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner Dreamliner soon after flying from Ahmedabad Airport on 12 June.The aircraft, after taking 242 people on the board, crashed in a medical college campus in the moments of Ahmedabad after flying from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport at 1.39 am.While 241 people were killed in the aircraft, a passenger miraculously survived.In addition, 29 people have died in disaster on the ground, including five MBBS students.A day earlier, an Air India flight from Delhi to Vadodara (AI 819) was forced to return to the IGI Airport on Sunday evening after the takeoff due to an suspected landing gear issue.Airbus A321 (VT-PPI) closed at 6.51 pm when the pilots noticed that the landing gear did not return as expected.The crew quickly informed the Delhi Air Traffic Control (ATC) and requested clearance to return for precautionary landing. The aircraft landed safely without any incident.(With agency input)
