Just days apart, two separate incidents involving Air India's Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft have put the spotlight firmly on the airline's operations and, more broadly, on the reliability of this popular wide-body jet.

Three India-bound Boeing 787 Dreamliners have been forced to return back to base within a 36-hour period after being hit with problems. The Air India passenger jets -the same type as the aircraft involved in last week's tragedy in Ahmedabad- suffered a mix of issues from a bomb threat to a technical glitch.

An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner plane bound for New Delhi returned to its origin of Hong Kong shortly after takeoff on Monday as a precautionary measure following a suspected technical issue.

The Dreamliner aircraft flying Air India flight AI315 out of Hong Kong on June 16 is undergoing checks. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.