Aviation: Air India Turbulence Incident Under DGCA Probe, Captain’s Drug Test Reportedly Being Examined

A
majo
developme t
has
eme ged
i
the
i vestigatio
i to
the
Ai
I dia
flight
tu bule ce
i cide t
of
August
4,
whe
a
flight
t avelli g
f om
Phuket
to
Delhi
epo tedly
e cou te ed
seve e
tu bule ce
a d
sudde ly
d opped
a ou d
300
feet.
The
ai c aft
was
ca yi g
137
passe ge s,
seve al
of
whom
we e
i ju ed
a d
equi ed
medical
atte tio
afte
la di g.
The
Di ecto ate
Ge e al
of
Civil
Aviatio
(DGCA)
is
i vestigati g
the
i cide t,
i cludi g
the
ci cumsta ces
that
led
to
the
sudde
altitude
loss.
As
pa t
of
the
post-flight
p ocedu e,
the
pilots
epo tedly
u de we t
d ug
testi g
afte
eachi g
Delhi.
Acco di g
to
sou ces
cited
i
the
epo t,
the
captai & squo;s
test
allegedly
detected
a
psychoactive
substa ce,
although
this
claim
has
ot
bee
i depe de tly
co fi med.
Ai
I dia
has
epo tedly
said
that
it
has
ot
eceived
a y
such
epo t
so
fa ,
leavi g
questio s
ove
the
status
of
the
alleged
test
esult
a d
the
o goi g
i vestigatio .
I vestigato s
a e
expected
to
exami e
whethe
the
seve e
tu bule ce
was
caused
by
weathe
co ditio s,
pilot
e o
o
a othe
facto .
The
i cide t
has
e ewed
co ce s
about
passe ge
safety,
pa ticula ly
afte
the
ai c aft
expe ie ced
a
sig ifica t
sudde
d op
i
altitude.
The
fi al
fi di gs
of
the
DGCA
i vestigatio
a e
expected
to
cla ify
the
cause
of
the
tu bule ce
a d
dete mi e
whethe
a y
egulato y
o
safety
actio
is
equi ed.

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