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Air India flight turbulence probe gets French, Airbus help
French agency BEA and Airbus are sending teams to Delhi to assist the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) in probing the August 4 mid-air turbulence incident on Air India's Phuket-Delhi flight. The…
The Story in Brief
French agency BEA and Airbus are sending teams to Delhi to assist the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) in probing the August 4 mid-air turbulence incident on Air India's Phuket-Delhi flight. The Airbus A320 (VT-EXO) suddenly lost about 300 feet of altitude, injuring at least 17 people among 137 passengers and 8 crew. India Today reports the aircraft suffered triple hydraulic failures and an autopilot disconnect, with a flight-control stall message appearing. The pilot-in-command's initial psychoactive substance screening required further analysis; confirmatory test results are awaited. The DGCA has classified it as a serious incident.
The Indian Opinion
The usual rush to judgment around the pilot's drug test ignores that the initial screening only flagged a sample for further analysis. A confirmatory test will settle that. Meanwhile, the real story is the multiple technical failures, hydraulic systems, autopilot, flight-control alerts, that the AAIB must now sequence. The inquiry will be thorough, with BEA and Airbus on board. The question is not whether something went wrong, but which failure came first and whether it could have been prevented.
Sources (2): livemint.com, indiatoday.in
This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above.
