Aviatio
mi iste
eacts
afte
tu bule ce-hit
Ai
I dia
flight
pilot
fails
2 d
dope
test(PTI
image
o
left)
NEW
DELHI:
U io
civil
aviatio
mi iste
Ram
Moha
Naidu
Ki ja apu
o
Tuesday
said
the
mi ist y
is
taki g
the
matte
se iously
a d
has
sought
a
update
f om
the
Di ecto ate
Ge e al
of
Civil
Aviatio
(DGCA)
o
the
existi g
egulatio s,
afte
the
co fi mato y
dope
test
of
the
pilot-i -comma d
of
a
Ai
I dia
Phuket-Delhi
flight
etu ed
positive.Whe
asked
about
possible
cha ges
to
the
ules,
Naidu
said,
“That
issue
we
a e
co ti uously
studyi g.
We
have
also
asked
DGCA
fo
updates
o
that.
We
a e
taki g
it
ve y
se iously.
If
we
feel
that
the
p ese t
egulatio
is
ot
up
to
the
ma k,
we
will
espo d
to
it
ve y
se iously
a d
imp ove
whateve
eeds
to
be
do e.”
The
developme t
comes
afte
the
August
4
Phuket-Delhi
Ai
I dia
flight
AI
2379
expe ie ced
a
sudde
loss
of
altitude
of
a ou d
300
feet
du i g
c uise,
leavi g
seve al
passe ge s
a d
c ew
membe s
i ju ed.
The
Ai bus
A320
late
la ded
safely
i
Delhi,
while
17
people
we e
subseque tly
hospitalised.The
pilot-i -comma d’s
i itial
psychoactive
substa ce
sc ee i g
test
co ducted
afte
the
ai c aft
la ded
i
Delhi
was
epo ted
as
“ o – egative”,
followi g
which
a
co fi mato y
test
was
ca ied
out
as
pe
p ocedu e.
DGCA
wo ki g
o
st icte
testi g
equi eme ts
The
DGCA
is
ow
wo ki g
o
st icte
dope-testi g
equi eme ts
fo
flight
c ew,
with
the
aim
of
c eati g
a
st o ge
dete e t
agai st
substa ce
abuse
amo g
pilots.
U de
the
existi g
ules,
a
c ew
membe
whose
sc ee i g
test
is
o – egative
is
immediately
emoved
f om
safety-se sitive
duties
u til
the
co fi mato y
epo t
is
eceived.
If
the
fi st
co fi mato y
test
is
positive,
the
employee
is
efe ed
fo
de-addictio
a d
ehabilitatio .A
pilot
ca
etu
to
active
flyi g
afte
ehabilitatio
a d
a
subseque t
egative
dope
test.
Howeve ,
if
the
pilot
tests
positive
agai
afte
esumi g
flyi g,
the
lice ce
ca
be
suspe ded
fo
th ee
yea s.
A
thi d
positive
test
ca
lead
to
ca cellatio
of
the
flyi g
lice ce.
AAIB
begi s
p obe
The
Ai c aft
Accide t
I vestigatio
Bu eau
(AAIB)
has
take
up
the
i vestigatio
i to
the
August
4
Ai
I dia
AI
2379
Phuket-Delhi
i cide t
u de
applicable
p ovisio s
a d
ICAO
p otocols.
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
Stateme t
eleasedf
by
mi ist y
of
civil
aviatio
eads,
“AAIB
is
p ese tly
e gaged
i
the
systematic
collectio ,
p ese vatio
a d
exami atio
of
all
eleva ttech ical,
ope atio al,
medical
a d
huma -facto
evide ce.
This
i cludes
exami atio
of
the
ai c aft
a d
its
systems,
eco ded
flight
data,
eleva t
ope atio al
a d
mai te a ce
eco ds,
medical
i fo matio ,
a d
i te views
with
pe so s
co ce ed.The
objective
is
to
dete mi e
the
ci cumsta ces
a d
co t ibuti g
facto s
behi d
the
i cide t
a d
ide tify
safety
measu es
to
p eve t
a
ecu e ce.
It
also
cautio ed
agai st
d awi g
co clusio s
f om
isolated
o
i complete
i fo matio
befo e
the
i vestigatio
is
complete,
it
eads
fu the .
