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Air India flight hit rare control faults before drop
The Hindu··11 Aug
Sources told The Hindu that Air India flight AI 2379 from Phuket to Delhi on August 4 faced cascading hydraulic and flight-control faults before a roughly 300-foot altitude loss that injured 17 people. Nine warning messages hit within a minute, including autopilot disconnect and elevator faults. AAIB classed it a serious incident as Airbus and French investigators join the probe.
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What It Means For You
- Travellers on AI 2379's August 4 Phuket-Delhi sector can note investigators are treating it as a serious technical incident, not a closed turbulence case.
- Passengers should wait for AAIB results before drawing conclusions from early airline wording.
- Anyone following aviation safety can track Airbus support and French participation as part of the formal probe.
What's Happening
- Sources say multiple hydraulic and elevator faults preceded the altitude drop that injured 17 people.
- AAIB has classified the episode as a serious incident; Airbus specialists are assisting.
- Initial turbulence attribution was not repeated in later official statements reviewed in the report.
Why Triple Hydraulic Warnings Alarm A320 Crews
- Airbus A320-family jets split critical functions across three independent hydraulic systems for redundancy.
- Near-simultaneous multi-system warnings are described by pilots as extremely uncommon.
- Serious-incident probes under ICAO Annex 13 focus on technical sequence before assigning final cause.
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