Times of India
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AsiaPac · 2 hrs ago

'Guilty will not be spared': Heads likely to roll for AI Phuket flight incident

The anger stems from the fact that AI 2379 may have narrowly avoided a disasterNEW DELHI: Govt has warned Air India to improve its oversight on operations and “take responsibility” for ensuring safety. The aviation ministry has also ordered DGCA to quickly revise its drug-testing rules and increase the percentage of personnel who must undergo mandatory testing.The govt has also directed the aviation regulator to enforce tougher penalties against those testing positive for “real” drugs, while giving additional chances to those whose positive results stem from medicines.The pilot-in-command of Air India’s badly rattled Aug 4 Phuket-Delhi flight with 145 people onboard is learnt to have told investigators he had been prescribed sleeping pills due to personal problems which, he claims, led to
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