BIG REVELATION: Air India Pilot’s Drug Test Sparks Major Aviation Safety Questions

A
majo
evelatio
has
eme ged
ega di g
the
August
4
Ai
I dia
Phuket-Delhi
flight
AI
2379,
which
expe ie ced
a
sudde
altitude
cha ge
of
a ou d
300
feet
du i g
the
jou ey.
The
i cide t
i ju ed
20
passe ge s
a d
fou
cabi
c ew
membe s.
While
tu bule ce
was
i itially
cited
as
the
easo ,
epo ts
ow
claim
that
the
pilot& squo;s
co fi mato y
psychoactive-substa ce
test
was
positive
fo
ma ijua a.
The
epo t
fu the
claims
that
a
c ew
membe
had
allegedly
aised
co ce s
about
the
pilot& squo;s
co ditio
befo e
the
flight.
I vestigato s
a e
exami i g
the
cockpit
voice
eco de ,
flight
data
eco de
a d
othe
evide ce
to
dete mi e
what
happe ed
i side
the
cockpit
a d
whethe
the
pilot& squo;s
co ditio
had
a y
co ectio
with
the
ai c aft& squo;s
sudde
altitude
cha ge.
The
i cide t
has
aised
se ious
questio s
about
pilot
fit ess,
d ug-testi g
p ocedu es
a d
aviatio
safety,
pa ticula ly
about
whethe
existi g
safegua ds
a e
sufficie t
to
p eve t
a
impai ed
pilot
f om
ope ati g
a
ai c aft.
Howeve ,
the
i vestigatio
has
ot
yet
established
that
the
alleged
ma ijua a
use
caused
the
mid-ai
i cide t

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