Air India to undertake full screening of its pilots for prohibited substances and medications from August 13

The testing will be conducted alongside pilot training at Air India’s Gurgaon Academy or post flight at airports or other locations conveyed by various bases.

An Air India aircraft carrying 137 passengers and eight crew members from Phuket to Delhi had suddenly lost about 300 feet of altitude on August 4, injuring at least 24 people.

Phuket flight incident pushes DGCA to seekways to make dope rules more stringentNEW DELHI: Trouble mounted for the pilot-in-command (PIC) of last Tuesday’s badly rattled Phuket-Delhi Air India flight after it emerged that he had failed the confirmatory dope test and was found to have consumed marijuana. Besides, the ca