Boeing 787 Dreamliner, India and British Airways
Digest more
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.
An Air India flight was forced to turn around and return to Hong Kong after an unspecified technical issue was discovered with the aircraft. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner— the same craft involved in last week’s devastating crash in Ahmedabad which killed 270 people—was an hour into a flight to New Delhi when the pilot suspected a problem and turned around.
The crash happened just weeks after the company cut a deal with the U.S. government to avoid taking criminal responsibility for a pair of deadly crashes in 2018 and 2019.
The investigation into Air India flight 171 crash opens up questions into the many concerns surrounding Boeing's 787.
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
Explore more
Hyderabad: A Lufthansa flight en route to Hyderabad was forced to turn back mid-air and return to Frankfurt after a bomb threat was reported, leading authorities to deny landing permission at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport.
Boeing is forecasting strong growth in aviation despite recent crash, with demand for 43,600 new planes by 2044.
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.