An Air India flight has been forced to U-turn after the pilot detected a possible technical issue mid-air.
The flight, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, departed Hong Kong for its scheduled destination of Delhi.
However, it was forced to turn back to Hong Kong after a fault was detected.
An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner was forced to turn back
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The flight path of the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
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This morning's Air India flight managed to land in Hong Kong after the fault was detected.
On Thursday, the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner with 242 people on board bound for London Gatwick began losing height seconds after take-off in Ahmedabad and erupted in a huge fireball as it hit buildings below.
All but one on board were declared dead, and around 30 people died on the ground in one of the world's worst aviation disasters.
The crash brings a fresh challenge for both Air India, which has for years been trying to revamp its fleet, and Boeing, which is trying to rebuild public trust following a series of safety and production crises.
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An Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft at Heathrow Airport (file pic)
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Over the weekend, members from the Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Muslim, Parsi, Zoroastrian and other communities gathered at a temple in London to offer their prayers.
A representative of King Charles read out a message from him and offered Christian prayers.
Rajrajeshwar Guruji, head of the Siddhashram Hindu temple in Harrow, likened the grief of those who lost family members in the crash of the flight to the wait for a loved one's return from an endless journey.
He told reporters: "They're just waiting and waiting, now they are not going to come back again."
A tail of an Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane that crashed is seen stuck on a building after the incident in Ahmedabad.ReutersJyotsna Shukla, 66, said her son's childhood friend was on the plane with his wife and three children.
She said: "I feel very bad because he was so young."
Among those killed was Vijay Rupani, a former chief minister of Gujarat, who had visited the temple in the past.
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