HONG KONG (AP) — An Air India flight returned to Hong Kong on Monday shortly after takeoff due to a midair technical issue, days after another of the airline’s flights crashed and killed at least 270 people.

Boeing aircraft have been in the news since the crash of Air India 171 Dreamliner in Ahmedabad's Meghani Nagar on June 12, a tragedy that claimed 270 lives.

Air India flight AI171, a Boeing 787-8 carrying 242 people, crashed after taking off from Ahmedabad on its way to London.

An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner bound for New Delhi returned to Hong Kong due to a suspected technical issue. This follows a recent crash of a similar aircraft in India. The plane landed safely,

It’s also the latest disaster to hit the beleaguered American aerospace giant — which has been dogged by a door that blew off a 737 jet, a leaky spacecraft that stranded astronauts on the International Space Station for months, as well as politically damaging delays in outfitting the new Air Force One jets.

Air India directed to carry out Boeing 787 safety checks as families reunited with victims Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe on Thursday declared a State of Emergency and activated the Missouri National Guard in anticipation of protests across the state. They thought he was doing a different kind of "cruising."

Boeing Co. is scaling back its presence at the 2025 Paris Air Show this week following the June 12 fatal crash of an Air India 787 Dreamliner wide-body jet

Air India said it has completed such safety checks on nine of its Boeing 787 aircraft and is in process to complete it for the remaining 24 planes.