AAIB releases preliminary report on Air India flight hydraulic failure incident

…caused all three systems to fail within four seconds Capt Sharath Panicker, a former Dreamliner pilot, said the investigative agency needs to determine why the hydraulics went off within four seconds of each other. " Once all three hydraulic systems fail, effectively the aircraft is without power to the control surfaces ," he said. A second pilot, who asked not to be named, said Airbus does not train crews for a triple hydraulic failure because the scenario was not contemplated. “The questions which remain unanswered are what the real…

…of August 4, wherein the flight, operating with an A320 plane, suddenly lost 300 feet of altitude and left many people injured, the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) said a detailed probe is underway. " In view of a non-negative result for psychoactive substances for one of the flight crew, it is recommended that DGCA may take appropriate actions as deemed fit to prevent abuse of psychoactive substances ," AAIB said in its interim safety recommendation. The flight AI 2379 from Phuket to Delhi was operated with an Airbus A320-251N aircraft bearing registration VTEXO. There were 145 people, including 2 pilots and 6 cabin…