New Delhi:
The Federation of Indian Pilots, a body representing airline pilots, has demanded the ‘grounding of all Boeing 787 planes’ based on reports of malfunctioning electronics on two Air India flights – AI-154, a Vienna-Delhi service diverted to Dubai on October 9 after failures across multiple systems, including autopilot and flight control, and RAT deployment on AI-117 while landing in Birmingham on October 4.
The pilots claimed the incidents were ‘indicators of poor serviceability by Air India’ and seemed to blame them on newly-hired engineers replacing those from government-owned AIESEL.
Air India, however, has categorically denied any talk of an electrical failure in the latter and said deployment of the RAT in the former was ‘neither due to a system fault nor pilot action’.
A spokesperson said AI-154 was re-routed due to a technical issue and the plane landed safely at Dubai. Passengers were kept informed of delays, provided refreshments, and completed their journey – on the same aircraft
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