HONG KONG (AP) — An Air India flight returned to Hong Kong on Monday shortly after takeoff due to a midair technical issue, days after another of the airline’s flights crashed and killed at least 270 people.

Investigators have recovered the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) from the crashed Air India flight, a key step in uncovering what caused last week's deadly accident. The London-bound Air India aircraft,

Air India pilot, Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, has been hailed a ‘hero’ after diverting the doomed flight AI171 at the last second to swerve a block of flats. As many as 270 bodies have been recovered from the site of Thursday’s crash in the city of Ahmedabad, in the state of Gujarat – but the death toll could have been much higher.

The devastating crash claimed the lives of 241 passengers on board and a further 38 people on the ground - and a commercial pilot now believes they have discovered the cause

Air India flight AI315, operated by a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, left Hong Kong for Delhi before quickly returning to its origin as a precautionary measure following Thursday's crash

Three days after the crash, only 35 bodies had been handed over to relatives from an overall official death toll of 270.

A newly engaged couple were among the nearly 300 people who died on June 12 when Air India Flight AI-171 crashed just seconds after takeoff. Hardik Avaiya, 27, and Vibhooti Patel, 28, were traveling back to their home in England after celebrating their engagement with their families and friends when they were killed in the tragic incident.