New Delhi (PTI): Boeing's Dreamliner aircraft have reported 31 instances of uncommanded deployment of Ram Air Turbine (RAT) in the last 14 years globally, and most of the incidents typically occurred within six months of carrying out certain maintenance works, according to a senior official.

The aircraft maker has provided a brief to the aviation regulator DGCA in the wake of the RAT getting deployed on Air India's Boeing 787-8 plane or Dreamliner (VT-ANO) seconds before landing at the Birmingham airport on October 4. The plane, which was operating the flight AI117 from Amritsar, had landed safely.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), earlier this month, asked Air India to meticulously repeat the RAT stowage procedure according to the Boeing AMM (Aircraft Maintenance Manual

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