Ahmedabad Air India plane crash
4 days after the plane crash in Ahmedabad on 12 June, 112 pilots of Air India suddenly fell ill. Everyone took a seak-leave. In response to a question, this information has been given by the government in the monsoon session of Parliament. The government stated in Parliament on Thursday that after the Air India Dreamliner Plain Crash going from Ahmedabad to London last month, there was a slight increase in taking medical discharge of pilots of Air India flights. The Civil Aviation Minister said in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha that there has been a slight increase in the information about being unwell by the pilots and on June 16, 51 commanders reported to be ill.
The aircraft crashed immediately after flying
Let us know that Air India’s Boeing 787-8 aircraft crashed immediately after flying from Ahmedabad Airport on 12 June. 260 people died in this accident. Of the 242 people aboard the aircraft, only one person survived. At the same time, 19 people at the accident site also lost their lives when the aircraft hit the building. This painful incident also had a direct impact on the pilots of the country’s prestigious airline company. Exactly four days after the crash, large -scale pilots reported to be ill.
Why the issue arose in Parliament?
In fact, a member of the lower house wanted to know whether the creation of a large scale after the Air India aircraft accident was being reported to be unwell. On this, Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu said in Parliament on Thursday that there has been a slight increase in holidays related to the unhealthy of the airline pilots after the Air India flight AI-171 accident. On 16 June 2025, a total of 112 pilots reported to be unwell. 61 commanders and 51 flight officers applied for the holiday on the same day.
DGCA issued medical circular
In February 2023, the ‘Medical Circular’ of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) was advised to organize a separate training session to find out the adverse effects of mental health conditions for the crew/ATCO (air traffic controllers). He said that in addition, in relation to mental health surveillance, organizations (Scheduled and non-discouraged operators, flight training organizations and Indian aircraft port authorities) were also advised to start a support program for their employees.
The minister said in a written reply to another question that at present, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has no specific policy related to compensation for the damage done to citizens on the ground due to aircraft accident. (With language inputs)
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