Air India ordered to inspect RAT emergency systems in its Boeing 787 Dreamliners

DGCA orders watchdog hunt on Boeing jets: India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) ordered Indian carrier Air India to inspect the emergency power system ram air turbine (RAT) on some of its Boeing 787 Dreamliner jets, Reuters reports. The order came after a RAT system switched on during a Boeing 787 flight headed from India’s Amritsar to Birmingham Airport earlier this month, the BBC reported.

ICYMI- A DGCA probe detected repeated safety shortcomings after the Air India crash in June. The DGCA found several issues, including unusable ground-handling equipment and non-compliance with work-order instructions at New Delhi and Mumbai airports. The probe covered flight operations, airworthiness, ramp safety, air traffic control, communication, navigation, surveillance systems, and pre-flight medical evaluations for local airlines.