NEW DELHI: In one other technical difficulty with one among its Dreamliners, an Air India Boeing 787 (VT-ANC) working from Vienna to Delhi on Thursday night time diverted to Dubai following a technical snag. The identical plane subsequently took off for Delhi after its auto pilot as reset and landed at IGI Airport round midday on Friday. Whereas AI maintains there was no security difficulty with the plane, that is was the second occasion inside every week with its Dreamliners. Final Saturday (Oct 4) the ram air turbine (RAT) of an AI Dreamliner had deployed on its closing strategy to Birmingham. The Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) on Friday requested the aviation ministry and the Directorate Normal of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to “floor all B787s in mild of steady electrical issues” and likewise order a “particular audit of AI plane upkeep.” AI maintains its Boeing 787s have been discovered to be completely secure to fly after every one among them was checked extensively after AI 171 crash.An AI spokesperson stated the Vienna-Delhi flight was diverted as a consequence of a technical difficulty. “The plane landed safely at Dubai and underwent obligatory checks. All passengers have been stored knowledgeable of the delay, supplied refreshments and the flight, operated by the identical plane, departed Dubai at 8.45 am (IST) and landed in Delhi at 12.19 pm (IST). At Air India, the protection of passengers and crew stay high precedence…. there was (no) electrical failure within the stated plane.” The DGCA is probing final Saturday’s RAT deployment. The Plane Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) is probing the June 12 AI 171 crash of an AI Dreamliner.The FIP stated in its Friday mail to govt: “Since June 16, we now have reiterated that each one B-787s within the nation should be checked totally for electrical methods. On Oct 4, RAT deployed on AI-117 whereas on strategy to Birmingham. On October 9, AI 154 Vienna to Delhi diverted to Dubai which had main technical points the place the autopilot system instantly failed triggering a sequence of technical malfunctions. The plane skilled failures throughout vital methods which included Autopilots, instrument touchdown system and flight management system degradation with no autoland functionality.”“The pilots couldn’t have interaction the autopilots due electrical malfunctions; thus, pilots have been constrained to fly manually at night time and divert to Dubai. Furthermore, the FD’s weren’t obtainable with degraded flight management methods. The plane landed safely at Dubai. We praise the talent of the pilots to fly the plane at night time safely to Dubai with restricted automation/methods Two incidents {of electrical} malfunctions in a brief span of time are indicators of poor serviceability by AI,” FIP added.Concerning final Saturday’s RAT deployment, Air India stated in: “On Oct 4, 2025, the working crew of flight AI117 from Amritsar to Birmingham, detected the deployment of RAT of the plane throughout its closing strategy. The crew had discovered all electrical and hydraulic parameters to be regular, and the plane landed safely at Birmingham Airport. At no level in the course of the flight was there any lack of energy or management methods. The plane was subsequently grounded for additional inspections. Primarily based on the conclusions from our preliminary investigations, the deployment of the RAT was neither as a consequence of a system fault nor pilot motion.”“The deployment of the RAT was ‘uncommanded’, in line with related occurrences with different airways prior to now, as reported by Boeing. Air India had notified the Indian aviation regulator, DGCA, concerning the incidence and has submitted the preliminary report back to the regulator in accordance with the prescribed tips. The plane was subsequently cleared for service, and it operated from Birmingham to Delhi on 5 October. At Air India, the protection of all passengers and crew stays our foremost precedence,” AI assertion added.