‘Ground all Boeing 787 aircraft of Air India’: Pilots’ body writes to aviation ministry, airline responds

The Indian pilots’ body FIP, on Friday, wrote to the Minister of Civil Aviation, calling for the grounding of all Boeing 787 aircraft operated by Air India following a series of serious technical malfunctions linked to electrical system failures and a special DGCA audit of Air India aircraft for maintenance.

In a letter dated October 10, FIP President Captain C S Randhawa cited two major incidents within a week — involving flight AI-117 from Amritsar to Birmingham and AI-154 from Vienna to Delhi — stating that the “incidents of electrical malfunctions in a short span of time are indicators of poor serviceability by Air India.”