Boeing 787, India and British Airways
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Issue on British Airways flight one of two incidents in recent days to affect the same type of aircraft involved in the Air India crash in Ahmedabad that killed 241 people on board
A Chennai -bound British Airways Boeing 787 aircraft returned to London owing to a technical issue. The aircraft took for Chennai at around 1.16 pm on Sunday and returned to London Heathrow airport after an hour, dumping fuel in order to reduce its landing weight.
The Air India flight, carrying 242 passengers and crew members, crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad, India, en route to London Gatwick.