Months after the Boeing 787-8 air crash killed 260 people in Ahmedabad, a malfunction caused a scare on Air India's Amritsar-Birmingham flight on Saturday (October 4). However, the flight landed safely after the Ram Air Turbine (RAT) deployed during the final approach. RAT is automatically deployed when both engine fail or during total electronic or hydraulic failure. RAT uses wind speed to generate emergency power.

After the landing, Air India issued a statement saying the return flight from Birmingham was cancelled as the aircraft was grounded for inspection.

"The operating crew of flight AI117 from Amritsar to Birmingham on 4 October 2025 detected deployment of the RAT of the aircraft during its final approach. All electrical and hydraulic parameters were found normal, and the aircraf

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