Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu said the country has very strict aviation safety standards and robust protocols, and everything will be done to further improve safety. "Any theory going around the plane crash will be analysed,

An Air India flight was forced to turn around and return to Hong Kong after an unspecified technical issue was discovered with the aircraft. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner—the same craft involved in last week’s devastating crash in Ahmedabad which killed over 270 people—was an hour into a flight to New Delhi when the pilot suspected a problem and turned around to avoid a repeat of the tragedy.

An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner bound for New Delhi on Monday diverted back to Hong Kong after the pilot suspected a mid-flight technical issue. The Hong Kong Airport Authority said that passenger flight AI315 turned back to the city’s airport and requested a “local standby” at around 1pm,