Air India statements about a flight incident in Phuket are questioned after documents reviewed by NDTV show the airline initially attributed the episode to “brief in-flight turbulence,” after a plane dropped about 300 feet. NDTV reports that the first public statement links the altitude change to turbulence and presents it as a short-lived condition.
However, NDTV says that in a later statement issued roughly five hours afterward, Air India removes the “turbulence” wording and reframes the incident more cautiously. The outlet characterizes this as downplaying compared with the earlier messaging. Other details reported alongside the statements focus on how the airline’s description of the cause and severity shifts within the same day.
The differing emphasis across the two statements highlights a timing and wording change rather than a clear public revision of technical facts. NDTV’s account centers on what the airline says at each point, while underlying flight data and official investigative findings are not presented in the provided excerpts.
