Triple Hydraulic Failure, Autopilot Glitch: What Went Wrong On AI Phuket-Delhi Flight That Dropped 300 Ft

A
Ai
I dia
A320
flyi g
f om
Phuket
to
Delhi
suffe ed
multiple
tech ical
glitches,
i cludi g
a
autopilot
disco ect,
t iple
hyd aulic
failu e
a d
tu bule ce,
befo e
losi g
about
300
feet
i
altitude
o
August
4,
ews
age cy
PTI
epo ted,
citi g
sou ces.

The
i cide t,
which
left
at
least
17
people
i ju ed,
is
bei g
i vestigated
by
the
Ai c aft
Accide t
I vestigatio
Bu eau.

Autopilot
Disco ected
Du i g
Flight

What
bega
as
a
outi e
Phuket-Delhi
flight
tu ed
i to
a
se ious
aviatio
i cide t
o
August
4
afte
a
Ai
I dia
A320
sudde ly
lost
a ou d
300
feet
i
altitude
du i g
c uise.& bsp;

Flight
AI2379,
ope ated
by
Ai bus
A320
ai c aft
VT-EXO,
expe ie ced
seve al
tech ical
p oblems
du i g
the
flight,
acco di g
to
the
PTI
epo t.
Amo g
the
issues
epo ted
was
the
disco ectio
of
the
autopilot.

The
co-pilot
subseque tly
took
ma ual
co t ol
of
the
ai c aft.
Soo
afte ,
a
flight-co t ol
stall
wa i g
appea ed,
the
epo t
said.

Seve al
i dicato
switches
also
b iefly
we t
off,
while
the
ai c aft
expe ie ced
multiple
tech ical
a d
mecha ical
glitches.
Tu bule ce
was
a othe
facto
e cou te ed
du i g
the
flight.

Despite
the
p oblems,
the
c ew
ma aged
to
stabilise
the
ai c aft
a d
co ti ued
towa ds
Delhi,
whe e
it
la ded
safely.

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As
Ajit
Doval’s
Age t
Held
I
Biha ,
Has
Rs
100
C o e
Assets

T iple
Hyd aulic
Failu e
Repo ted

As
pe
the
epo t,
the
ai c aft
also
expe ie ced
failu es
i
all
th ee
of
its
hyd aulic
systems
du i g
the
flight.

Hyd aulic
systems
a e
c itical
to
ai c aft
ope atio s
as
they
use
p essu ised
fluid
to
powe
machi e y
a d
move
mecha ical
compo e ts.
They
a e
widely
used
i
flight-co t ol
systems
a d
othe
key
ai c aft
fu ctio s.

The
combi atio
of
hyd aulic
failu es,
the
autopilot
disco ect,
wa i g
i dicatio s
a d
tu bule ce
is
ow
amo g
the
aspects
likely
to
be
exami ed
as
pa t
of
the
i vestigatio
i to
the
i cide t.

AAIB
P obes
Se ious
I cide t

The
Ai c aft
Accide t
I vestigatio
Bu eau
(AAIB)
bega
i vestigati g
the
i cide t
u de
A ex
13
of
the
I te atio al
Civil
Aviatio
O ga izatio ,
which
lays
dow
p ocedu es
fo
ai c aft
accide t
a d
i cide t
i vestigatio s.

The
i cide t
left
at
least
17
passe ge s
a d
c ew
membe s
i ju ed.

The
flight
had
137
passe ge s
o
boa d,
i cludi g
th ee
i fa ts,
alo g
with
eight
c ew
membe s,
acco di g
to
the
Civil
Aviatio
Mi ist y.

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Tela ga a
Co g ess
Leade
Booked
Ove
‘Buffalo
Sac ifice’
Du i g
Bo alu
Festival

Ai bus,
BEA
Teams
To
Joi
P obe

Ai bus
is
se di g
a
team
of
specialists
to
I dia
to
assist
with
the
i vestigatio .
The
F e ch
Bu eau
of
E qui y
a d
A alysis
fo
Civil
Aviatio
Safety
(BEA)
is
also
expected
to
joi
the
p obe
because
the
A320
was
ma ufactu ed
i
F a ce.

“I
acco da ce
with
ICAO
A ex
13,
Ai bus
is
p ovidi g
tech ical
assista ce
to
the
eleva t
i vestigati g
autho ities.
We
a e
actively
suppo ti g
the
ai li e
a d
will
p ovide
fu the
i fo matio
as
it
becomes
available.
A
team
of
specialists
is
bei g
dispatched
to
assist
with
the
i vestigatio ,”
a
Ai bus
spokespe so
said.

The
i vestigatio
is
expected
to
exami e
the
ai c aft’s
tech ical
failu es,
flight-co t ol
systems,
hyd aulic
systems
a d
the
ci cumsta ces
su ou di g
the
sudde
loss
of
altitude.

Pilot
U de goes
Co fi mato y
Test

Sepa ately,
the
Civil
Aviatio
Mi ist y
said
the
ai c aft’s
pilot-i -comma d
u de we t
co fi mato y
testi g
afte
a
i itial
psychoactive
substa ce
sc ee i g
p oduced
a
esult
equi i g
fu the
a alysis.

The
mi ist y
said
the
co fi mato y
test
esult
is
awaited.

Pilots’
g oupi g
ALPA
I dia
said
commo ly
used
ove -the-cou te
medici es
ca
also
t igge
a
o – egative
esult
du i g
psychoactive
substa ce
sc ee i g.

The
fi di gs
of
the
o goi g
i vestigatio ,
alo g
with
the
tech ical
assessme t
by
Ai bus
a d
BEA
specialists,
a e
expected
to
p ovide
fu the
cla ity
o
what
caused
the
ai c aft
to
lose
altitude
du i g
the
flight.

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