Air India orders drug testing for its more than 5,000 pilots after mid-air plunge

Air India has announced comprehensive screening of all its pilots for prohibited substances and medications beginning August 13, as the investigation into the AI 2379 Phuket-Delhi flight incident continues.

Existing rules require airlines to randomly test at least 10 per cent of their flight crew for psychoactive substances each year.

NEW DELHI: Air India pilots will undergo mandatory drug screening starting Thursday (Aug 13), according to an internal memo seen by AFP, after a captain involved in a serious mid-air incident reportedly tested positive for marijuana.Existing rules require airlines to randomly test at least 10 per cent of their flight c

Air India will begin mandatory substance testing for all pilots on Thursday, expanding checks beyond regulatory requirements days after a pilot involved in a serious mid-air incident tested positive for marijuana, according to an internal memo.

Air India expands drug testing to all pilots after captain tests positive for marijuana  Reuters

NEW DELHI: Air India group has from Thursday started 'mandatory substance screening' for all pilots following the Phuket-Delhi flight serious incident. The move comes to “protect and sustain” the trust AI had earned over the decades that has been shaken by the pilot-in-command of the Phuket flight testing positive for

Air India's Airbus A320, VT-EXO, operating flight AI2379 from Phuket to Delhi on August 4, experienced a sudden loss of altitude of around 300 feet during cruise. The aircraft subsequently stabilised and landed safely in Delhi.

RAVEENDRAN / AFP via Getty Images The captain of an Air India flight that plunged nearly 300 feet in midair tested positive for cannabis. Flight AI379 was traveling from Phuket to Delhi on August 4 when it suddenly lost altitude, injuring at least 24 passengers before landing safely. Both pilots underwent mandatory dru

India probes flight plunge as pilot faces drug test scrutiny  Dawn

Airbus is sending experts to assist the probe into an Air India flight that plunged dramatically, injuring 17. The chief pilot’s drug test results are awai