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Mid-air scare: Pilots’ body writes to DGCA after RAT was deployed on Air India flight; probe ordered | India News

NEW DELHI: The Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) on Monday urged the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to conduct a comprehensive inspection of the electrical systems in all Boeing 787 aircraft operating in India, following a recent incident involving an Air India flight to Birmingham.On Friday, Air India flight AI-117, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner…

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‘For air safety’: Pilots’ body asks DGCA to check all Boeing 787s; cites RAT deployment in UK-bound AI flight | India News

Air India (For representational purposes only) NEW DELHI: The Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP), a pilots’ body, on Sunday called for a thorough inspection of the electrical systems of all Boeing 787 planes operating in India “in the interest of air safety.”The FIP’s appeal to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) comes a day…

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Air India plane crash: Pilot’s father says AAIB report ‘tarnished son’s reputation’; seeks ‘formal’ probe | India News

NEW DELHI: The father of Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, who died in the Air India Ahmedabad crash, was saddened by the AAIB probe demanding a ‘formal investigation’ by the central government.In the Ahmedabad plane crash, which was one of the worst aircraft accidents in India, 260 people, including 241 passengers, were killed. Air India’s Boeing 787-8…

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