2 Air India flights face ‘technical’ issues, diverted
An Air India Express flight bound for Ranchi returned to Delhi airport shortly after takeoff on Monday evening, while another Air India flight, a Boeing 788, heading to Delhi had to return to Hong Kong on Monday due to a technical issue.
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The airline said that arrangements have been made for passengers to fly back to Delhi. (File)Two Air India flights, including an Air India Express plane, were Monday diverted to Delhi and Hong Kong due to suspected technical issues.
The diversions came four days after the London-bound Air India flight crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad on June 12, killing around 270 people.
The Air India Express flight AXB1113 bound for Ranchi returned to the Delhi airport shortly after takeoff Monday evening. After inspections, the aircraft was cleared for operations at 7.56 pm, and landed in Ranchi at 9.27 pm.
According to the live flight tracking website Flightradar24, the flight was scheduled to take off at 4.25 pm, but took off at 4.39 pm and was eventually diverted back to Delhi.
“One of our flights returned to Delhi after takeoff due to a suspected technical issue. Post inspections and clearance, the aircraft continued scheduled operations,” an Air India Express spokesperson said.
Flightradar24 also shows that the flight took off from Delhi after around three hours.
“We regret the inconvenience,” the spokesperson said.
In the second incident, another Air India flight, a Boeing 788, heading to Delhi, had to return to Hong Kong on Monday due to a technical issue.
According to Flightradar24, the AI315 flight took off from Hong Kong at 12.16 pm on June 16, considerably later than its scheduled departure time at 8.50 am. The duration of a Hong Kong to Delhi flight is around five hours.
“AI315 operating from Hong Kong to Delhi on 16 June 2025 air-returned to Hong Kong shortly after takeoff due to a technical issue,” according to an Air India spokesperson. “The flight landed safely in Hong Kong and is undergoing checks as a matter of abundant precaution,” the spokesperson added.
The airline said that arrangements have been made for passengers to fly back to Delhi. “Alternative arrangements have been planned to fly the passengers to their destination Delhi at the earliest. We are providing all necessary on-ground assistance to the passengers to minimise the inconvenience caused by this unforeseen disruption,” the spokesperson said.
Tata group and Air India Chairman N Chandrasekaran on Monday asked the airline’s employees to stay strong and use last week’s crash of the airline’s Boeing 787-8 aircraft in Ahmedabad as “an act of force to build a safer airline”, according to sources.
“We need to show resilience. We need to use this incident as an act of force to build a safer airline,” Chandrasekaran is learnt to have said.
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