Following technical snags with two Air India Boeing 787-8 aircraft in less than a week, pilots’ association Federation of Indian pilots (FIP) on Friday urged the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) to ground all Air India Boeing 787 aircraft for a thorough check of their electrical systems, and to order a special audit of maintenance of Air India aircraft. The grouping made these demands in a letter to Civil Aviation Minister K Ram Mohan Naidu. The FIP has been demanding an exhaustive check of the electrical systems of all Boeing 787-8 aircraft since one crashed in Ahmedabad on June 12, killing 260 people.

Friday’s letter from the association, which has around 5,500 pilots as members, follows Thursday’s incident involving an Air India Boeing 787-8—registered as VT-ANC—operating flight AI154

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