Aviation safety regulator DGCA has directed Air India to reinspect the RAT (emergency power source) for stowage on all aircraft whose power conditioning module was replaced by the Tata Group-owned airline in recent times.

At the same time, the aviation safety regulator has sought a “comprehensive report” from the US aircraft maker Boeing on the preventive measures to be implemented with respect to the un-commanded Ram Air Turbine (RAT) deployment incident.

The development comes in the wake of two back-to-back incidents involving Air India 787 aircraft recently, and the pilots’ grouping Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP), writing a letter to the Civil Aviation Minister, urging the government to ground Air India’s entire B787 aircraft fleet, besides a special audit of the airline.

On Octob

See Full Page