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New Delhi, Feb 22 (TIWN) The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) will from now on test flight crew members and air traffic controllers for use of drugs.
A DGCA notification said that testing will be done on urine samples with consent from the concerned person. The test shall be carried out post flight or post shift, as the case may be, it said.
"DGCA shall carry out random drug testing for the consumption of psychoactive substance. In Phase 1, random testing shall be done by a DGCA authorised laboratory at six airports -- Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore and Hyderabad -- in the presence of a DGCA officer of the level of Assistant Director or above," the notification said.
Medical personnel of the concerned organisations may also be associated with this process, as per the notification.
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