Air India’s trouble with its newly-acquired fleet of Dreamliners seems unending as one of these planes from London landed here under emergency conditions after warning lights blip ped in the cockpit panel indicating problems with its brakes.
The incident came hours after another of its state-of-the- art Boeing 787s gave a scare after one of the windshields in the cockpit cracked while landing at Melbourne early yesterday.
The latest in the string of incidents involving the Dreamliner, flight AI—116 from London to Delhi carrying 174 passengers and ten crew members, made a landing under emergency conditions at the IGI Airport on Monday after warning lights blipped.
The pilots, adopting precautionary measures, sought emergency landing as they approached the airport, Air India officials said, adding the aircraft landed safely on Runway 28 at 0222 hours, the officials said.
The aircraft was checked later but no fault was found in the brake system, officials said suspecting that there could be some glitches in the electronic panel.
DGCA sources said the aviation regulator was awaiting the probe reports from Air India on the two incidents.
The Civil Aviation Ministry, DGCA as well as Air India were in close touch with US aircraft manufacturer Boeing. A Boeing team, stationed in India, was coordinating with the maintenance and engineering staff of Air India.
A Boeing spokesperson said the US aircraft manufacturer was “aware of the in-service issue and we’re working with Air India on the matter.”
She said the Dreamliners were fit to fly but refused to elaborate any further when asked about the aircraft facing frequent glitches.
Quoting latest reports, the officials said the cracked windshield was being replaced by a new panel and the aircraft was expected to return from Melbourne here tomorrow.