British Airways’ flight which was going to Chennai, India returned to Heathrow Airport after a technical issue.
According to the airline, the airplane returned to Heathrow as a standard precaution after reports of a technical issue.
“The flight landed safely with crew and customers disembarking as they normally would, and our teams are working hard to get their journeys back on track as soon as possible,” according to British Airways.
Until Thursday when Air India crashed happened, the Dreamliner had never been in a fatal crash, according to a review of accident data maintained by Cirium, an aviation data firm.
In a statement, Boeing said that it was aware of the crash on the Air India flight and was “working to gather more information.” Plane crashes are typically caused by multiple factors that can include things like bird strikes, pilot error, manufacturing defects and inadequate maintenance.
The first Dreamliner was delivered in 2011 to All Nippon Airways, Japan’s largest airline. There are more than 1,100 in service today. Air India flies nearly three dozen of the large jets that are typically used for international flights, according to Cirium. The plane involved in the crash, a 787-8, was built in 2013.
