India, Aug. 10 -- A unified platform for pilots on Monday issued an advisory to its members against the backdrop of the August 4 Air India Phuket-Delhi turbulence incident and the pilot-in-command's "non-negative" dope test, highlighting the risk of inadvertent false positives from common over-the-counter (OTC) medications and urging the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (India) DGCA to safeguard the confidentiality and dignity of the testing process.

The Airline Pilots' Association of India referred to the turbulence that left 17 injured and said it resulted in an investigation into the pilot-in-command's "non-negative" drug test. It underlined the matter is still under investigation, and there appear to be other unreported aspects....