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Accident   Aviation Safety & Regulation   Air India   Airlines  
Bloomberg • Vikram Kumar

Air India Phuket–Delhi flight loses altitude in cruise, injuring passengers and crew; DGCA opens probe

Air India flight AI2379, carrying 137 passengers and eight crew from Phuket to Delhi, experienced a sudden but momentary loss of altitude during cruise before landing safely. Reports said between 12 and 17 people were injured, with eight passengers and four crew members hospitalized, prompting a DGCA investigation.

newsable.asianetnews.com • Asianet News Central

Air India flight hits turbulence; 12 passengers, crew hospitalized

Also: ANI News Agency and Live From A Lounge
2026-08-04T08:59:52.085227-07:00
Aviation Safety & Regulation  
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FlightGlobal • David Kaminski-Morrow

UK regulator concerned over rise in decisions to continue unstable approaches

By FlightGlobal: Civil Aviation Authority safety notice highlights risks including hard landings and tail-strikes. UK regulators are highlighting the importance of executing a go-around if an approach becomes unstable, after finding an upward trend in decisions to continue.

2026-08-04T09:45:20.602367-07:00
North America   Policy & Regulation   Airlines  
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Bloomberg Law • Nojoud Al Mallees

Employers, Unions Battle Over Canada’s Labor Code Review

By Bloomberg Law: Employers are urging Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government to allow the labor minister to preemptively limit strike action in sectors such as airlines, railroads and ports if the minister believes it threatens the national public interest — a move unions fiercely oppose.

2026-08-04T10:15:45.560291-07:00
PaxEx   Aviation Safety & Regulation   Policy & Regulation  
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Paddle Your Own Kanoo • Mateusz Maszczynski

FAA Proposal Removes Prescriptive Drug List but Still Does Not Require Epinephrine Auto-Injectors on Aircraft

By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is planning to rip up a decades-old rulemaking that tells airlines exactly what should be included in their on-board emergency medical kits and First Aid kits, giving them flexibility to decide what is (and isn’t) included, so long as the contents can be used to treat nine.

2026-08-04T08:31:49.003171-07:00
MRO   Bombardier   M&A   Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)   Defense Industry & Major Contractors  
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ch-aviation • Dirk Andrei Salcedo

Bombardier weighs acquisitions to boost output

By ch-aviation: Bombardier Aerospace (BBA, Montréal Trudeau) is considering acquisitions and new investment to expand aircraft production, maintenance, and defence modification capacity as demand exceeds expectations.

2026-08-04T09:30:45.319921-07:00
Europe   Airports   Airport Infrastructure & Air Traffic Management   Policy & Regulation  
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Aviation Week • David Casey

London Gatwick Second Runway Project To Proceed After Court Ruling

By Aviation Week: London Gatwick Airport’s $3 billion plan to bring its northern runway into routine use is set to proceed after a court refused campaigners permission to appeal an earlier ruling upholding the expansion.

Also: AeroTime, Business Traveller, Airline Economics, The Independent and Boarding Area
2026-08-04T06:31:44.547155-07:00