The
Ai bus
A320
with
145
people
o
boa d
had
e cou te ed
seve e
tu bule ce
ea
Odisha
a d
the
sudde ly
d opped
300
feet.
NEW
DELHI:
The
captai
ope ati g
Ai
I dia’s
tu bule ce-hit
Phuket-Delhi
flight
o
Tuesday
(Aug
4)
epo tedly
tested
positive
i
a
psychoactive
substa ces
(dope)
test
co ducted
o
a ival,
acco di g
to
multiple
sou ces.
The
ai li e
did
ot
co fi m
o
de y
it,
sayi g
that
while
the
tests
we e
co ducted,
the
esults
have
ot
bee
sha ed
with
it.“We
a e
awa e
that
a
post-flight
sc ee i g
test
was
co ducted
o
the
pilots
i
acco da ce
with
applicable
p otocols.
Howeve ,
the
esults
of
the
test
have
ot
bee
sha ed
with
Ai
I dia,
a d
we
a e
the efo e
ot
i
a
positio
to
comme t
o
a y
fi di gs,”
a
AI
spokespe so
said.
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co ve satio
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you
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espectful
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TOI
commu ity
guideli es
“Ai
I dia
u de takes
egula
d ug
testi g
of
c ew
membe s
i
complia ce
with
civil
aviatio
egulatio s,
i depe de t
of
a y
specific
flight
o
ope atio al
i cide t.
We
will
co ti ue
to
coope ate
with
the
eleva t
autho ities
as
equi ed,”
AI
added.The
Ai bus
A320
with
145
people
o
boa d
had
e cou te ed
seve e
tu bule ce
ea
Odisha
a d
the
sudde ly
d opped
300
feet.
O
a ival
i
Delhi,
13
passe ge s
a d
fou
c ew
membe s
we e
hospitalised.
Sou ces
say
the
Di ecto ate
Ge e al
of
Civil
Aviatio
(DGCA)
is
p obi g
the
case
f om
all
a gles,
i cludi g
whethe
the
ha dli g
of
this
tu bule ce
eve t
was
co ect.
It
is
also
p obi g
whethe
the
eve t
happe ed
due
to
weathe
o
some
othe
easo ,
the
likely
impact
o
the
ai c aft
—
like
did
it
suffe
hyd aulic
failu e
due
to
impact
—
a d
whethe
it
should
have
flow
all
the
way
to
Delhi
afte
the
episode
a d
ot
dive ted
to
some
ea by
ai po t
like
Va a asi
o
Luck ow.Pe di g
i vestigatio ,
the
flight
c ew
is
take
off
flyi g
duty
as
pe
p otocol.
He ce,
the
pilots
of
this
flight
a e
also
ot
flyi g
cu e tly.
