{"id":35209,"date":"2025-10-14T12:41:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T12:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/an-air-india-boeing-787-diverted-to-dubai-after-its-autopilot-malfunctioned\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T12:41:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T12:41:52","slug":"an-air-india-boeing-787-diverted-to-dubai-after-its-autopilot-malfunctioned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/an-air-india-boeing-787-diverted-to-dubai-after-its-autopilot-malfunctioned\/","title":{"rendered":"An Air India Boeing 787 diverted to Dubai after its autopilot malfunctioned"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/68ee2e4fcc993f9955d02313?format=jpeg\" alt=\"Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft as seen on final approach flying for landing at London Heathrow International Airport LHR EGLL in England, United Kingdom on March 19, 2020.\"\/><figcaption>An Air India Boeing 787.<\/p>\n<p>Nicolas Economou\/NurPhoto via Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>An Air India flight diverted to Dubai after several flight systems malfunctioned.<\/li>\n<li>That included its autopilot and a system to assist pilots in landing at night.<\/li>\n<li>The Federation of Indian Pilots is calling for more inspections of Boeing 787s following recent incidents.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An Air India flight diverted after its autopilot and flight controls malfunctioned, leading a pilots&#039; group to call for further inspections of Boeing 787s.<\/p>\n<p>Flight 154 took off from Vienna around 9 p.m. local time on October 9. It was supposed to land in New Delhi about eight hours later.<\/p>\n<p>However, about halfway through the journey, the Boeing 787 pilots changed direction toward Dubai.<\/p>\n<p>The president of the Federation of Indian Pilots, CS Randhawa, wrote to the country&#039;s minister for civil aviation the following day, expressing concern about the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Randhawa said the flight &quot;had major technical issues where the autopilot system suddenly failed, triggering a series of technical malfunctions.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>He added that the instrument landing system, which guides pilots toward runways in low visibility or at night, was among those that stopped working. <\/p>\n<p>There were also difficulties with the flight control systems, Randhawa said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We compliment the skill of the pilots to fly the aircraft at night safely to Dubai with limited automation\/systems,&quot; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Boeing did not comment on the incident, referring Business Insider to Air India, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>An Air India spokesperson said in a statement to The New Indian Express that the aircraft was diverted due to a &quot;technical issue.&quot; <\/p>\n<p>Data from Flightradar24 shows the 787 took off from Dubai roughly three and a half hours after diverting there. It reached New Delhi four hours behind schedule.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/Ec1Pw\/full.png\" alt=\"A map showing the path of Air India Flight 154 on October 9, 2025, from Vienna to Dubai and then onto New Delhi.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The incident came five days after the ram air turbine, or RAT, for a separate Air India Boeing 787 deployed unexpectedly on approach to Birmingham, England.<\/p>\n<p>This is an emergency power source that typically deploys if both engines stop working or hydraulics are critically low. However, Air India has said &quot;all electrical and hydraulic parameters were found normal.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>In his letter, Randhawa requested that Indian authorities ground all the country&#039;s 787s and have their electrical systems inspected.<\/p>\n<p>Reuters reported on Monday that the country&#039;s regulator asked Air India to reinspect the RATs on some of its 787s, and also requested a report from Boeing.<\/p>\n<p>The model has been under enhanced scrutiny since June&#039;s fatal crash of Air India Flight 171. But that appeared to occur under different circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators&#039; preliminary report said Flight 171&#039;s RAT was deployed after the fuel was cut off to both engines seconds after takeoff.<\/p>\n<p>Most theories have pointed toward the pilots&#039; actions because the fuel-cutoff switches have safeguards against accidental movement.<\/p>\n<p>A final report into the cause could take more than a year to complete.<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article on Business Insider<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Air India Boeing 787. Nicolas Economou\/NurPhoto via Getty Images An Air India flight diverted to Dubai after several flight systems malfunctioned. That included its autopilot and a system to assist pilots in landing at night. The Federation of Indian Pilots is calling for more inspections of Boeing 787s following recent incidents. 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