A Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9 returned to London Heathrow with the Ram air turbine deployed
A Virgin Atlantic flight to Seattle returned to London Heathrow with the RAM deployed.
The flight #VS105 departed London Heathrow runway 27R on Saturday 27th January 2024 on time.
The Boeing 787-9 climbed to 23,000ft then the observed a technical subject solely 10 minutes after the take off.
The pilots determined to return to London Heathrow however had to dump gasoline to scale back the weight of the plane.
The Boeing plane (reg. G-VZIG) landed solely 1h10 with the Ram air turbine deployed.
VS105 Heathrow to Seattle turns again and deploys the RAT (ram air turbine) G-VZIG ✈️#avgeek #aviation pic.twitter.com/rao5Sl6Fuu
— EvieAviation (@EvieAviation) January 27, 2024
It’s nonetheless unclear if the RAM was deployed due to lose of energy.
A ram air turbine is a small wind turbine that’s linked to a hydraulic pump, or electrical generator, put in in an plane and used as an influence supply. The RAT generates energy from the airstream by ram stress due to the pace of the plane. It could also be referred to as an air pushed generator on some plane.
