{"id":32617,"date":"2026-08-14T09:12:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T03:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/air-india-flight-hydraulic-failure-mid-air-incident-over-delhi\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T09:12:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T03:42:20","slug":"air-india-flight-hydraulic-failure-mid-air-incident-over-delhi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/air-india-flight-hydraulic-failure-mid-air-incident-over-delhi\/","title":{"rendered":"Air India Flight Hydraulic Failure; Mid-Air Incident Over Delhi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" id=\"\">\n<div class=\"f3e032cb\"><picture class=\"c62bd949\" style=\"visibility:visible\"><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.bhaskarassets.com\/webp\/thumb\/360x0\/web2images\/1884\/2026\/08\/14\/gifs_42_1785833504006_1786248635818_1786378386756_1786677407673.gif\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.bhaskarassets.com\/webp\/thumb\/512x0\/web2images\/1884\/2026\/08\/14\/gifs_42_1785833504006_1786248635818_1786378386756_1786677407673.gif\"\/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/images.bhaskarassets.com\/web2images\/1884\/2026\/08\/14\/gifs_42_1785833504006_1786248635818_1786378386756_1786677407673.gif\" alt=\"\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"f97587ba\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">All three hydraulic systems on Air India flight AI2379, travelling from Phuket, Thailand, to Delhi, failed temporarily. As a result, the aircraft\u2019s elevators and ailerons became unresponsive for four seconds.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:0\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">According to Airbus\u2019s preliminary report, the incident occurred on August 4 while the aircraft was cruising. The sudden loss of altitude caused the aircraft to plunge 300ft, injuring 20 passengers and four crew members.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\"><span class=\"e913fbaa d3886593\"><strong>Co-pilot gave nose-down input, controls failed to respond<\/strong><\/span><strong\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">According to the report, the co-pilot applied full nose-down input to bring the aircraft down. However, the controls initially failed to respond.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:0\"\/><span style=\"font-size:0\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">The aircraft\u2019s hydraulic systems resumed functioning after a short period. The report said the root cause of the failure had not yet been determined.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\"><span class=\"e913fbaa d3886593\"><strong>Air India initially blamed turbulence<\/strong><\/span><strong\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">The incident on flight AI2379 occurred amid sudden turbulence. In its initial statement, Air India attributed the aircraft\u2019s 300ft drop to turbulence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">Stay connected with DB Digital for the latest news, breaking headlines and real-time updates from across the country. Follow us for live coverage of politics, government policies, crime, weather, major national developments and Karnataka Bandh.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:0\"\/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All three hydraulic systems on Air India flight AI2379, travelling from Phuket, Thailand, to Delhi, failed temporarily. As a result, the aircraft\u2019s elevators and ailerons became unresponsive for four seconds. According to Airbus\u2019s preliminary report, the incident occurred on August 4 while the aircraft was cruising. 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