The
a ge
stems
f om
the
fact
that
AI
2379
may
have
a owly
avoided
a
disaste
NEW
DELHI:
Govt
has
wa ed
Ai
I dia
to
imp ove
its
ove sight
o
ope atio s
a d
“take
espo sibility”
fo
e su i g
safety.
The
aviatio
mi ist y
has
also
o de ed
DGCA
to
quickly
evise
its
d ug-testi g
ules
a d
i c ease
the
pe ce tage
of
pe so el
who
must
u de go
ma dato y
testi g.The
govt
has
also
di ected
the
aviatio
egulato
to
e fo ce
toughe
pe alties
agai st
those
testi g
positive
fo
“ eal”
d ugs,
while
givi g
additio al
cha ces
to
those
whose
positive
esults
stem
f om
medici es.The
pilot-i -comma d
of
Ai
I dia’s
badly
attled
Aug
4
Phuket-Delhi
flight
with
145
people
o boa d
is
lea t
to
have
told
i vestigato s
he
had
bee
p esc ibed
sleepi g
pills
due
to
pe so al
p oblems
which,
he
claims,
led
to
the
positive
dope
tests.
His
o boa d
behaviou
is
also
u de the
sca e
afte
the
cabi
c ew
complai ed
agai st
him.“The
fi al
epo t
of
AI’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.
Govt
has
take
a
ve y
se ious
view
of
what
happe ed
o
AI
2379
a d
heads
will
oll.
Aviatio
sec eta y
Sami
Si ha
has
told
the
AI
b ass
i
clea
te ms
that
the
ai li e
eeds
to
take
espo sibility
a d
that
people
fou d
guilty
by
the
p obe
will
ot
be
spa ed,”
said
a
pe so
familia
with
the
discussio s.
Joi
co ve satio
All
Comme ts
→
Sha e
you
thoughts
i
the
comme ts
I sightful
Readi g
Developme t
Comme t
Be
espectful
·
TOI
commu ity
guideli es
The
a ge
stems
f om
the
fact
that
AI
2379
may
have
a owly
avoided
a
disaste .
While
c uisi g
ea
Odisha,
the
ai c aft
epo tedly
got
a
se ies
of
wa i gs
—
ma y
i
quick
successio
—
elated
to
the
th ee
hyd aulics
systems,
doo s
a d
elevato
(which
makes
a
ai c aft
asce d
a d
desce d).
Autopilot
had
also
t ipped
off.
It
had
suffe ed
a
loss
of
altitude
du i g
c uise,
i ju i g
ma y
o
boa d.A
Ai bus
team
is
i
I dia
to
exami e
the
epo ted
issues
alo g
with
officials
of
the
F e ch
aviatio
egulato ,
with
Ai c aft
Accide t
I vestigatio
Bu eau
p obi g
whethe
these
wa i gs
we e
eal
o
spu ious
a d
what
had
caused
them.
Pilots
wa t
Ai bus
to
give
a
detailed
expla atio
of
the
same.
“We
a e
seei g
whethe
it
happe ed
due
to
mecha ical
easo s
o
huma
i te ve tio ,”
said
a
official.
