Archive · 11 Aug 2026
Air India CEO meets ministry officials after turbulence incident
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.
Air India CEO Campbell Wilson and senior airline executives met civil aviation secretary Samir Kumar Sinha on Tuesday over the turbulence incident.
The meeting followed the August 4 mid-air turbulence incident on flight AI2379 that left at least 17 people injured.
Pradeep Singh Kharola, executive advisor to the Tata Sons chairman, and Air India's flight safety head Deepak Joshi also attended.
DGCA director general Vir Vikram Yadav and AAIB director general G V G Yugandhar were present at the meeting.
Specific details of the meeting could not be immediately ascertained.
- Who
- Air India CEO Campbell Wilson, senior executives Pradeep Singh Kharola and Deepak Joshi, civil aviation secretary Samir Kumar Sinha, and directors general of DGCA and AAIB.
- What
- A meeting to discuss the mid-air turbulence incident involving Air India flight AI2379.
- When
- On Tuesday, following the August 4 incident.
- Where
- With India's civil aviation ministry; the flight route was Phuket-Delhi.
- Why
- In response to the turbulence incident that left at least 17 people injured.
- 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