Turbulent AI flight’s pilot dope test ‘not negative’, sent for confirmation: govt

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After an Air India flight incident involving altitude loss, the pilot's drug test results were inconclusive, prompting further testing. Seventeen passengers and crew were hospitalized, and the aviation ministry has launched an investigation, suspending the pilots pending inquiry.

Following a serious incident involving altitude loss on an Air India flight, the pilot was subjected to a dope screening test. The results were not definitively negative, thereby calling for additional confirmatory tests. As a result, seventeen passengers and crew members were hospitalized. In response, the aviation ministry has initiated an investigation and temporarily removed both pilots from their flying duties until the inquiry concludes.