Mumbai/ New Delhi: In a major incident involving an Air India plane, Ram Air Turbine, which is usually used in case of engine failures, got deployed without any command from a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft a few minutes before landing at the Birmingham airport on Saturday, according to officials.

Aviation watchdog DGCA is probing the incident involving aircraft VT-ANO operating the flight AI117 from Amritsar to Birmingham on October 4.

The plane landed safely, the officials said on Sunday.

Generally, RAT gets deployed automatically in the eventuality of a dual engine failure or electrical/electronic or hydraulic failure, among others.

It uses wind speed to generate emergency power.

The incident has also raised safety concerns, with the Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) urging DGCA

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