The Air India Amritsar-Birmingham flight on Sunday faced an unusual situation as the crew of the AI-117 flight noticed that the Ram Air Turbine (RAT) was deployed. Taking prompt action, the pilot ensured the safe landing of the plane, but the return flight was cancelled as the aircraft was grounded.

The officials said the decision was taken to thoroughly check the plane and to ascertain how the RAT deployment took place. Meanwhile, the Director General of Civil Aviation ( DGCA ) has taken a serious note of the incident and ordered a probe into the same. However, the event has sparked discussions as the RAT deployment was also noticed in the case of Air India plane’s crashing near Ahmedabad airport in June this year.

Coincidentally, the Amritsar-UK flight was a Boeing Dreamliner 787-8 a

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