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Pilots Urge Grounding of Air India 787s After Diversion as Airline Denies Electrical Fault

Pilots’ federation seeks a DGCA audit with temporary grounding following two recent 787 safety incidents.

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The aircraft landed safely at Dubai, and he flight departed after a delay as it underwent necessary checks.
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Overview

  • Air India said flight AI154 from Vienna to Delhi diverted to Dubai on October 9 for a suspected technical issue, landed safely, underwent checks, departed at 08:45 IST, and arrived in Delhi at 12:19 IST.
  • Air India categorically denied any electrical failure on AI154 and reiterated that passenger and crew safety remains its top priority.
  • The Federation of Indian Pilots wrote to the Civil Aviation Minister urging the grounding of all Air India Boeing 787s and a special DGCA audit, alleging AI154 suffered an autopilot failure with wider system degradations that forced manual flying.
  • Air India’s preliminary finding on the October 4 AI117 event states the Ram Air Turbine deployment was uncommanded and neither due to a system fault nor pilot action, with the aircraft later cleared after inspections.
  • A senior DGCA official said cockpit voice and flight data will be downloaded and examined as part of ongoing probes, with separate investigations continuing into the June 12 787 crash that killed 260.