By Abhijith Ganapavaram

NEW DELHI, June 16 (Reuters) - An Air India Boeing 787-8

Dreamliner plane bound for New Delhi returned to its origin of

Hong Kong as a precautionary measure on Monday, after the pilot

suspected a technical issue mid-air, a source with direct

knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

The incident comes days after an Air India flight to London,

using the same type of Boeing ( BA ) aircraft, crashed in the western

Indian city of Ahmedabad moments after take-off, killing 241 of

the 242 people on board.

The Dreamliner aircraft flying Air India flight AI315 out of

Hong Kong on Monday is now undergoing checks, said the source

with knowledge of the matter.

Flight AI315 took off from Hong Kong at 12:16 p.m. and

landed just over an hour later, according to tracking data on

Flightradar24.

Boeing ( BA ) and Air India did not immediately respond to a

request for comment on the Hong Kong-New Delhi flight.