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Air India CEO meets ministry officials after turbulence incident

Air India CEO meets ministry officials after turbulence incident
Air India CEO, execs meet civil aviation ministry officials after Phuket-Delhi flight incident · m.rediff.com

An airplane called Air India flight AI2379 was flying between Phuket and Delhi when it suddenly hit very bumpy air.

That bumpy air is called turbulence, and it made the plane shake hard.

At least 17 people on the plane got hurt because of the shaking.

After a scary event like this, the airline's leaders and the country's safety officials talk about what happened.

So the boss of Air India, Campbell Wilson, went to meet with government aviation officials on Tuesday.

They talked about the bumpy flight that happened on August 4.

A few other important people, like safety and investigation experts, came to the meeting too.

We do not know exactly what they said in the meeting yet.

These kinds of talks help everyone learn how to keep flights safe for passengers.

Key facts

Airline
Air India (jointly owned by Tatas and Singapore Airlines)
Flight
AI2379
Route
Phuket-Delhi (also stated as Delhi-Phuket in the article)
Incident
Mid-air turbulence
Incident date
August 4
Injured
At least 17 people
Meeting
Called by the civil aviation ministry with three senior airline executives on Tuesday
Officials present
Samir Kumar Sinha, Vir Vikram Yadav, G V G Yugandhar

Quotes

Civil Aviation Secretary Samir Kumar Sinha

Indian civil aviation secretary

“The meeting was called in the wake of the August 4 incident involving the Delhi‑Phuket flight AI2379.”
m.rediff.com

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