Both
pilots
have
bee
take
off
flyi g
duty
by
the
DGCA,
pe di g
i vestigatio .
NEW
DELHI:
The
captai
of
Ai
I dia’s
August
4
Phuket-Delhi
flight,
which
expe ie ced
a
sudde
loss
of
altitude
of
about
300
feet,
was
subjected
to
a
psychoactive
substa ce
(dope)
sc ee i g
test
o
a ival,
whose
esult
was
“ ot
egative”
a d
has
bee
se t
fo
co fi mato y
tests,
the
aviatio
mi ist y
said
Su day.TOI
had
exclusively
epo ted
o
Su day
that
the
pilot
of
the
tu bule ce-hit
flight
may
have
failed
the
dope
test.The
mi ist y
has
classified
the
i cide t,
which
led
to
17
people
bei g
hospitalised,
as
se ious
a d
said
the
Ai c aft
Accide t
I vestigatio
Bu eau
(AAIB)
will
p obe
it.
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“Fu the
actio ,
as
app op iate,
will
be
take
based
o
the
outcome
of
the
i vestigatio
a d
co fi mato y
test
esults,”
it
said.
Ai
I dia
pilots
g ou ded
till
p obe
is
ove
Di ecto ate
Ge e al
of
Civil
Aviatio
ules
stipulate
that
“i
case
the
sc ee i g
test
(fo
psychoactive
substa ces)
is
o – egative,
the
employee
shall
be
immediately
emoved
f om
the
safety-se sitive
duty
till
a
co fi mato y
epo t
is
eceived.
I
case
of
positive
co fi mato y
test
fo
the
fi st
time,
the
co ce ed
employee
shall
be
efe ed
by
the
o ga isatio ”
fo
de-addictio .Multiple
passe ge s
a d
cabi
c ew
membe s
o
boa d
the
Ai bus
A320
ope ati g
as
AI
2379
we e
i ju ed
whe
it
sudde ly
lost
altitude.
The
pla e
late
la ded
safely
i
Delhi.
“As
sta da d
ope ati g
p ocedu es
followi g
such
a
occu e ce,
both
flight
c ew
membe s
u de we t
the
p esc ibed
psychoactive
substa ce
sc ee i g
test.
The
sc ee i g
test
i
espect
of
the
pilot-i -comma d
(PIC)
i dicated
a
esult
equi i g
co fi mato y
testi g.
Samples
have
bee
se t
to
the
desig ated
labo ato y
fo
co fi mato y
a alysis,
a d
the
fi al
epo t
is
awaited,”
the
mi ist y
stateme t
added.Both
pilots
have
bee
take
off
flyi g
duty
by
the
DGCA,
pe di g
i vestigatio .
