Air India Dreamliner turns back to Hong Kong following mid-air technical issue

An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner bound for New Delhi on Monday diverted back to Hong Kong after the pilot suspected a mid-flight technical issue.

The Hong Kong Airport Authority said that passenger flight AI315 turned back to the city’s airport and requested a “local standby” at around 1pm, before landing safely at around 1.15pm.

The standby term refers to a situation where an aircraft approaching an airport is known or suspected to have developed a defect, but the issue does not pose a significant difficulty in making a safe landing.

Air India said the pilot suspected there was a technical issue and decided to return to Hong Kong for safety precautions.

An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed minutes after taking off from the western Indian city of Ahmedabad last Thursday, killing more than 200 people in the world’s worst aviation disaster in a decade.

Flight tracking app Flightradar24 showed that flight AI315, which departed from Hong Kong for New Delhi at 12.16pm after a delay of 3½ hours from its planned departure at 8.50am, returned to Hong Kong.

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