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New Delhi investigates Air India flight over altitude loss that left 17 injured

Several passengers on board the Phuket to New Delhi flight describe moments when people hit their heads and were thrown in the air.

Published: 1:36pm, 6 Aug 2026

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Indian authorities are investigating an Air India flight that experienced a sudden loss in altitude while en route to New Delhi from Phuket, Thailand on Tuesday, injuring 17 people. Indian authorities say they have secured the aircraft’s flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder to help in the investigation.

New Delhi investigates Air India flight over altitude loss that left 17 injured

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}Several passengers on board the Phuket to New Delhi flight describe moments when people hit their heads and were thrown in the air.

Several passengers on board the Phuket to New Delhi flight describe moments when people hit their heads and were thrown in the air.