Two more Air India pilots fail drug test after Phuket-Delhi flight incident
- Source
- The Economic Times - Industry
- Source link
- https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/two-more-air-india-pilots-fail-drug-test-after-phuket-delhi-flight-incident-reports/articleshow/133290045.cms
- Published
- 2026-08-17 07:37:34
- Discovered by ProcIntel
- 2026-08-18 03:00:27
- Category
- Procurement & Supply Chain News
- Geography
- India
- Organisations
- —
- Review status
- Pending
- Record type
- REAL
Summary
Two more Air India pilots failed preliminary drug tests following a recent incident. Air India mandated psychoactive substance screening for all its pilots after a previous positive test. The captain of the Phuket-Delhi flight claimed prescribed sleeping pills caused his positive result. Over 400 pilots have undergone this new internal safety testing process.
Procurement Relevance Gate
FAIL
— score 7.0/100 — evaluated 2026-08-18 03:00:27
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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