"Randhawa said the flight "had major technical issues where the autopilot system suddenly failed, triggering a series of technical malfunctions." He added that the instrument landing system, which guides pilots toward runways in low visibility or at night, was among those that stopped working. There were also difficulties with the flight control systems, Randhawa said. "We compliment the skill of the pilots to fly the aircraft at night safely to Dubai with limited automation/systems," he said."
"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. However, about halfway through the journey, the Boeing 787 pilots changed direction toward Dubai. The president of the Federation of Indian Pilots, CS Randhawa, wrote to the country's minister for civil aviation the following day, expressing concern about the incident."
Flight 154 departed Vienna on October 9 and diverted to Dubai roughly halfway through the eight-hour route to New Delhi after multiple systems malfunctioned. The autopilot suddenly failed and the instrument landing system stopped working, with reports of further flight control difficulties. Pilots landed safely in Dubai with limited automation. The aircraft departed Dubai about three and a half hours later and reached New Delhi four hours late. The Federation of Indian Pilots called for more inspections of Boeing 787s following this incident and a separate recent deployment of a ram air turbine on another 787.
Read at Business Insider
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]