{
  "id": 633956,
  "title": "Air India Pilot Allegedly Tests Positive For Marijuana: How Pilots Are Tested For Drugs And Alcohol",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/air-india-pilot-allegedly-tests-positive-for-marijuana-how-pilots-are",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T04:25:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/air-india-pilot-allegedly-tests-positive-for-marijuana-how-pilots-are-tested-for-drugs-and-alcohol"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "New Delhi : Days after Air India flight AI2379 suddenly lost around 300 feet in altitude, leaving 24 passengers and crew members injured, the pilot-in-command of the aircraft has reportedly tested positive for marijuana in a confirmatory laboratory test. Both pilots underwent mandatory psychoactive substance screening after the August 4 incident. The Pilot-in-Command’s initial test required…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times",
        "title": "‘Pilot seemed high, eyes were red’: Passenger after pilot of turbulence-hit Air India plane tests positive for marijuana",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/pilot-seemed-high-eyes-were-red-passenger-after-pilot-of-turbulence",
        "published": "2026-08-12T03:52:10.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}