The backup power device, the Ram Air Turbine (RAT), was engaged during the final approach of an Air India flight from Amritsar to Birmingham on Saturday, resulting in a safe landing. The airline verified that the Boeing 787 Dreamliner flight AI117’s hydraulic and electrical systems were operating as intended.
According to an Air India representative cited by news agency ANI, the airplane made a safe landing and no passengers or crew were hurt. The plane’s return flight from Birmingham to Delhi has been canceled, and it has been grounded for additional inspections. In order to accommodate the impacted passengers, the carrier stated that other arrangements were being made.
“On October 4, 2025, the operating crew of flight AI117 from Amritsar to Birmingham noticed the aircraft’s Ram Air Turbine (RAT) deploying during the last approach. The aircraft made a safe landing at Birmingham after all hydraulic and electrical parameters were determined to be normal.
AI114 from Birmingham to Delhi has been canceled due to the aircraft being grounded for additional inspections, and other plans are being developed to accommodate the visitors,” an Air India representative informed ANI.
A tiny, foldable windmill-like device, the Ram Air Turbine activates in an emergency when the aircraft’s primary electrical or hydraulic power is cut off. It produces emergency power to keep important flight systems under control, such as hydraulic pressure for control surfaces and simple flight instruments. Due to numerous recent crashes involving aircraft built by the American corporation, the safety and quality of Boeing aircraft have frequently come under scrutiny.
In June of this year, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed in Ahmedabad, killing 19 crew members and 241 passengers. There have been multiple challenges to the safety of Boeing aircraft. All 189 people on board a Lion Air aircraft perished in an accident that occurred 13 minutes after takeoff in 2018. All 157 passengers on an Ethiopian Airlines aircraft perished in a catastrophe in March 2019.