India, Gatwick airport and Helicopter Crash
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Air India, flight and London
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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 plane with more than 200 people on board crashed near the airport in India's city of Ahmedabad, the airline and police officials said.
This comes days after another Air India Boeing Dreamliner headed to London Gatwick from Ahmedabad crashed near the airport minutes after takeoff. 241 passengers including two pilots and 10 cabin crew members, and several others on the ground were killed in the tragic air accident.