<p>Air India Ltd AIN.UL diverted a Boeing Co. 787 plane to Kuala Lumpur after pilots noticed a software glitch during a flight from Melbourne to New Delhi on Wednesday, in the latest incident involving the jet.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Engineers flew from Hong Kong to fix the glitch, a spokesman for state-run Air India said, adding the plane with 215 passengers on board was due to take off for New Delhi on Thursday afternoon.<br /><br />"It was not a major snag. But passengers were on board so we could not take a chance," the Air India spokesman said. He said Air India was awaiting a detailed report from the engineers on what caused the glitch.<br /><br />Boeing said it was aware of the incident and was working with Air India to provide support.<br /><br />The 787 has suffered a series of glitches since its launch two years ago. Overheating batteries in some planes forced the grounding of its worldwide fleet last year. Flights resumed in April 2013.<br /><br />A Dreamliner operated by Air India last month returned to London after a transponder failure.<br /><br />Boeing is upgrading software in older Air India Dreamliner jets. The plane diverted to Kuala Lumpur is yet to get a software upgrade, the Air India spokesman said.</p>
<p>Air India Ltd AIN.UL diverted a Boeing Co. 787 plane to Kuala Lumpur after pilots noticed a software glitch during a flight from Melbourne to New Delhi on Wednesday, in the latest incident involving the jet.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Engineers flew from Hong Kong to fix the glitch, a spokesman for state-run Air India said, adding the plane with 215 passengers on board was due to take off for New Delhi on Thursday afternoon.<br /><br />"It was not a major snag. But passengers were on board so we could not take a chance," the Air India spokesman said. He said Air India was awaiting a detailed report from the engineers on what caused the glitch.<br /><br />Boeing said it was aware of the incident and was working with Air India to provide support.<br /><br />The 787 has suffered a series of glitches since its launch two years ago. Overheating batteries in some planes forced the grounding of its worldwide fleet last year. Flights resumed in April 2013.<br /><br />A Dreamliner operated by Air India last month returned to London after a transponder failure.<br /><br />Boeing is upgrading software in older Air India Dreamliner jets. The plane diverted to Kuala Lumpur is yet to get a software upgrade, the Air India spokesman said.</p>