An Air India pilot turned back his Delhi-bound Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner to Hong Kong airport as a precaution shortly after taking off on Monday, citing a technical issue, Indian media reported. Flight tracking data showed the pilot turning Flight AI315 around less than 30 minutes into the flight from Hong Kong.

An Air India flight bound for New Delhi has returned to Hong Kong as a precautionary measure, after the pilot suspected a technical issue mid-air.

Air India's Chairman N. Chandrasekaran has urged employees to view the recent plane crash as an impetus for constructing a safer airline. This plea comes following the worst aviation disaster in a decade that claimed 271 lives,

It’s also the latest disaster to hit the beleaguered American aerospace giant — which has been dogged by a door that blew off a 737 jet, a leaky spacecraft that stranded astronauts on the International Space Station for months, as well as politically damaging delays in outfitting the new Air Force One jets.

The aircraft, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner operating as flight AI315, had already departed Hong Kong for its scheduled destination before the pilot took the precautionary decision to return

Air India directed to carry out Boeing 787 safety checks as families reunited with victims Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe on Thursday declared a State of Emergency and activated the Missouri National Guard in anticipation of protests across the state. They thought he was doing a different kind of "cruising."

Boeing Co. is scaling back its presence at the 2025 Paris Air Show this week following the June 12 fatal crash of an Air India 787 Dreamliner wide-body jet

Air India said it has completed such safety checks on nine of its Boeing 787 aircraft and is in process to complete it for the remaining 24 planes.