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Another Boeing Dreamliner faces snag; Chennai-bound British Airways flight returns to London | WATCH
Days after the deadly Air India crash in Ahmedabad, another Boeing Dreamliner made headlines as British Airways’ Chennai-bound flight BA35 returned mid-air to London due to a technical snag, prompting fresh scrutiny of the aircraft model.
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.
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
The fatal accident puts a halt to the planemaker’s recovery following six years of fallout from production and safety woes.