An Air India Dreamliner flight to New Delhi with about 200 passengers on board returned to Melbourne Airport after take off due to a technical snag, officials said today.

The Melbourne-Delhi Dreamliner flight experienced some technical difficulties after it took off last night and had to return to Melbourne where it was fixed, Madhu C. Mathen, Manager of Air India (Melbourne), said.

The flight AI 311 finally left for Delhi this morning and will be reaching late tonight, he said.

“The passengers were accommodated in hotels and later brought back to board the flight which was this morning,” Mathen said.

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