An Air India flight from Delhi to Zurich was delayed on Sunday due to mandatory checks on Boeing 787-8 aircraft, which led to the flight arriving in Switzerland very late, close to the night curfew. The delay was not due to any technical issue but the mandatory checks ordered by government,

An Air India flight from Delhi to Zurich was delayed on Sunday due to mandatory checks on Boeing 787-8 aircraft, resulting in its late arrival in Switzerland close to the night curfew, sources said on Monday.

Following a recent Air India Dreamliner crash after departing from Ahmedabad, the airline is performing enhanced inspections on its Boeing 787 fleet, as instructed by the DGCA.

Just four days after a deadly crash in India, another Air India Dreamliner was forced to return midair due to a technical issue.

It’s also the latest disaster to hit the beleaguered American aerospace giant — which has been dogged by a door that blew off a 737 jet, a leaky spacecraft that stranded astronauts on the International Space Station for months, as well as politically damaging delays in outfitting the new Air Force One jets.