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Airbus is sending technical experts to New Delhi to help investigate an Air India A320 that experienced a sudden 300-foot altitude loss in August, injuring 17 passengers and crew members during a flight from Phuket.
India's aviation regulator has cleared the fuel control switch locking mechanism aboard Air India Flight AI-171, which crashed in Ahmedabad last year, killing 241 of 242 people aboard and 19 on the ground.
Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has stressed the need for Malaysia to establish a unified air disaster management system enabling agencies to operate under single command, emphasising that effective crisis response depends on seamless coordination rather than resources alone.