Archive · 14 Aug 2026
Air India Hydraulic Failure Led to Four-Second Flight Control Loss
An airplane was flying people from Phuket to Delhi when something scary happened in the sky.
The plane's hydraulic systems, which work like muscles to help control the aircraft, stopped working for a short time.
For about four seconds, the pilots lost control of the plane.
After the flight, experts opened the flight data recorder, which is like a black box that records what happened.
Airbus, the company that made the plane, studied the information.
They found that the green, blue and yellow hydraulic systems were all affected.
The systems started working again quickly after those few seconds.
Investigators are now studying what happened to keep future flights safe.
The plane was an A320neo made by Airbus.
Airbus reported hydraulic failure in the Air India Phuket-Delhi flight after decoding the Digital Flight Data Recorder.
The aircraft's green, blue and yellow hydraulic systems were temporarily affected for around four seconds.
Flight controls were lost for approximately four seconds during the mid-air scare.
The incident occurred on August 4 on a flight from Phuket to Delhi.
The aircraft involved was an A320neo, and details emerged following a report Airbus sent to Air India.
- Who
- Air India, its passengers and crew on the Phuket-Delhi flight, and Airbus investigators.
- What
- A mid-air scare in which hydraulic systems failed and flight controls were temporarily lost for about four seconds.
- When
- August 4, with the Airbus report emerging after decoding of the flight data recorder.
- Where
- En route from Phuket to Delhi.
- Why
- The green, blue and yellow hydraulic systems were temporarily affected for around four seconds, causing the loss of flight controls; the underlying cause is under investigation.
- Airline
- Air India
- Route
- Phuket to Delhi
- Incident date
- August 4
- Aircraft type
- A320neo
- Systems affected
- Green, blue and yellow hydraulic systems
- Duration of failure
- Around four seconds
- Finding source
- Airbus report based on decoded Digital Flight Data Recorder data
- Investigation body mentioned
- AAIB