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Safety & Regulation

24 Injured, Autopilot Failed, Pilot Drug-Tested: Inside Air India's AI2379 Scare

An Air India A320 lost 250 feet in seconds over India on August 4, injuring more than a dozen people after an autopilot disconnect and a stall warning — and the captain's psychoactive substance screening has now triggered a confirmatory retest.

25 August 2026 · 10 minRajkumar Agarwal

Safety & Regulation

Turbulence Is Now an ICAO Risk Category. The People It Injures Are Mostly Crew.

The 2026-2028 Global Aviation Safety Plan lists turbulence encounters among its global risk categories for the first time. US accident data shows who actually gets hurt: flight attendants, four times more often than passengers.

22 August 2026 · 11 minRajkumar Agarwal