Air India Dreamliner Returns to Hong Kong After Technical Issue

Air India said in a statement on Monday that flight AI315 returned to Hong Kong because of what it described as “a technical issue” without giving details.

An Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner performs its demonstration flight during the 50th Paris Air Show at Le Bourget airport, north of Paris on June 18, 2013. Francois Mori/AP Photo

NEW DELHI—An Air India Boeing 787–8 Dreamliner plane bound for New Delhi returned to its origin of Hong Kong shortly after takeoff on Monday as a precautionary measure following a suspected technical issue.

Last week, an Air India flight to London, using the same type of Boeing aircraft, crashed in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad moments after takeoff, killing 241 of the 242 people on board.