India, June 17 -- In a concerning turn of events, three Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft bound for India were forced to return mid-air within a span of just 36 hours due to a bomb threat and technical snags, raising fresh safety concerns among air passengers and authorities. The incidents involved flights heading to Delhi, Chennai, and Hyderabad, operated by Air India, British Airways, and Lufthansa respectively. These incidents comes days after an Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft bound for London crashed in Ahmedabad, shortly after takeoff, killing 241 of the 242 passengers on board.
A Delhi-bound Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner from Hong Kong returned to its airport of origin on Monday within an hour of takeoff after the pilot in...