Earlier this week, a British Airways Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner flight from London Heathrow to Chennai International Airport had to return to Heathrow shortly after takeoff due to a technical issue with the aircraft's flaps. The flight crew decided to dump fuel for about an hour before safely landing back in London.
The aircraft, carrying 214 passengers, took off at 13:16 local time on June 15th but faced issues as it climbed out of Heathrow. "A technical issue" was cited by British Airways as the reason for the diversion. According to The Aviation Herald, the problem was "due to the flaps not fully retracting."
Data from Flightradar24 showed that the plane entered two holding patterns over Kent and the English Channel to jettison fuel before returning. The aircraft landed on Runway 27L at 14:53.