‘Heads Will Roll’: Air India Under Government Scrutiny After Pilot Tests Positive For Marijuana

The
Ce t e
has
take
a
st ict
view
of
a
Ai
I dia
flight
i cide t
afte
the
pilot-i -comma d
of
a
Phuket-Delhi
se vice
tested
positive
fo
ma ijua a
i
a
co fi mato y
d ug
test.

The
i cide t
i volved
Ai
I dia
flight
AI
2379,
which
was
ca yi g
145
passe ge s
whe
it
e cou te ed
multiple
wa i gs
while
flyi g
ove
Odisha.
The
gove me t
has
wa ed
the
ai li e
to
st e gthe
ope atio al
ove sight
a d
take
g eate
espo sibility
fo
flight
safety,
The
Times
of
I dia
epo ted.

The
ale ts
epo tedly
i volved
all
th ee
hyd aulic
systems,
alo g
with
the
ai c aft& squo;s
doo s
a d
elevato .
The
autopilot
also
dise gaged
du i g
the
flight,
while
the
ai c aft
subseque tly
lost
a ou d
300
feet
of
altitude.

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Deve d a
Mahto
Seeks
Civil
Su geo ‘s
Nod
To
Retu
F om
Hospital
To
Ra chi
P otest
Site

24
People
I ju ed
Du i g
Tu bule t
Flight

The
i cide t
left
20
passe ge s
a d
fou
cabi
c ew
membe s
i ju ed,
acco di g
to
the
epo t.

The
developme t
has
d aw
heighte ed
atte tio
as
the
fi al
epo t
i to
the
Ai
I dia
Ahmedabad
c ash
i
Ju e,
which
killed
260
people,
is
yet
to
be
eleased.

“The
fi al
epo t
of
AI& squo;s
last
Ju e
Ahmedabad
c ash
i
which
260
people
lost
thei
lives
is
ot
yet
out,
a d
the
somethi g
like
this
happe s
with
Ai
I dia,& dquo;
a
official
told
The
Times
of
I dia.

The
official
said
the
gove me t
had
take
a
“ve y
se ious
view& dquo;
of
what
happe ed
o
AI
2379
a d
that
those
fou d
espo sible
followi g
the
i vestigatio
would
ot
be
spa ed.

Pilot& squo;s
Positive
D ug
Test
U de
I vestigatio

The
developme t
comes
days
afte
epo ts
eme ged
that
the
pilot-i -comma d
of
the
Phuket-Delhi
flight
had
tested
positive
fo
ma ijua a
du i g
a
co fi mato y
d ug
test.

The
pilot
epo tedly
told
i vestigato s
that
he
had
bee
p esc ibed
sleepi g
pills
because
of
pe so al
p oblems.
He
claimed
that
the
medicatio
had
esulted
i
the
positive
d ug
test.

The
ci cumsta ces
su ou di g
the
test
a d
the
pilot& squo;s
expla atio
a e
ow
u de
sc uti y
as
autho ities
exami e
the
i cide t.

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The
Ca didates
Fo
Ram
Temple
CEO’s
Post?

DGCA
Asked
To
Tighte
D ug-Testi g
Rules

The
Ce t e
has
also
di ected
the
Di ecto ate
Ge e al
of
Civil
Aviatio
(DGCA)
to
make
immediate
cha ges
to
its
existi g
d ug-testi g
f amewo k.

The
egulato
has
bee
asked
to
i c ease
the
p opo tio
of
aviatio
pe so el
subjected
to
ma dato y
d ug
testi g
a d
st e gthe
e fo ceme t
agai st
those
fou d
usi g
p ohibited
substa ces.

The
gove me t
has
also
made
it
clea
to
Ai
I dia
that
the
ai li e
must
st e gthe
its
ope atio al
ove sight
a d
e su e
that
safety
espo sibilities
a e
p ope ly
add essed.

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