Pilots Demand Air India Ground Boeing 787s After Emergency System Used Written 6 October 2025
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Air India, Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner | Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 2.0
The New York Times reports, “India’s largest association of pilots has asked regulators to ground all Boeing 787s in use in India and inspect them for electrical issues after one of the planes unexpectedly deployed an emergency power system over the weekend. The device, known as the ram air turbine, drops from the fuselage when a plane loses power or hydraulic pressure, and helps power critical systems like flight controls and navigation instruments.”
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