India, Aug. 10 -- The captain of an Air India flight that plunged around 300 feet during severe turbulence last week is undergoing confirmatory drug testing after an initial screening indicated a result requiring further laboratory analysis, India's Civil Aviation Ministry said on Sunday.

The Airbus A320, operating as flight AI2379 and carrying 137 passengers, including three infants, and eight crew members, was flying from Phuket in Thailand to New Delhi on 4 August when it encountered severe turbulence over Odisha and lost roughly 300 feet of altitude during cruise, before stabilising and landing safely in Delhi, according to CP24. "The screening test in respect of the Pilot-in-Command indicated a result requiring confirmatory testing,...