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.

A Delhi-bound Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner flight was forced to turn back to Hong Kong on Monday after the pilot reported technical issues mid-air. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.

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.