Pilots struggled to control Air India's Phuket-Delhi aircraft due to rare malfunction, shows Airbus’ initial assessment
- Source
- The Economic Times - Industry
- Source link
- https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/pilots-struggled-to-control-air-indias-phuket-delhi-aircraft-due-to-rare-malfunction-shows-airbus-initial-assessment/articleshow/133226743.cms
- Published
- 2026-08-14 00:39:55
- Discovered by ProcIntel
- 2026-08-14 04:34:31
- Category
- Procurement & Supply Chain News
- Geography
- India
- Organisations
- —
- Review status
- Pending
- Record type
- REAL
Summary
An Air India A320 flying from Phuket to Delhi briefly lost hydraulic control across all three systems, causing the aircraft to plunge about 300 feet and injure 24 people. Airbus’ initial flight-recorder assessment found the pressure drop occurred within one second, briefly affecting the ailerons and elevators and leaving pilots struggling to control the aircraft.
Procurement Relevance Gate
FAIL
— score 7.0/100 — evaluated 2026-08-14 04:34:31
Only geographic exposure matched — no substantive content indicator, so this cannot pass alone.
- geographic_exposure (weight 8) — matched on "1 linked geography"
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