Air India A320 issued stall warning when seatbelt signs were off, investigators say
A rapid pitch up and then down threw passengers and cabin crew against overhead bins and injured 24 in Aug 4 accident
An Air India A320 flying from Phuket to New Delhi last month experienced a stall warning and caused severe injuries to 24 passengers and crew members when seatbelt signs were not activated, according to Indian investigators. The Airbus plane, cruising at 36,000 feet, initially rose 372 feet before plummeting 292 feet below its original altitude.
The incident occurred after the flight control system detected the loss of all three hydraulic systems within four seconds, disengaging the autopilot and triggering a continuous cockpit alarm. The report from India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau revealed that the hydraulic systems recovered about nine seconds after the first was lost.
The accident has intensified scrutiny of Air India, which has been facing regulatory and public pressure following the June 2025 crash of a Boeing 787 in Ahmedabad that killed 260 people.
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