Story does not compute
Hello,
The Aviation Herald had researched this occurrence and dismissed the whole story. According to radar data the aircraft, departing Mumbai on Aug 8th, was enroute over Turkey on Aug 9th at FL340 but never busted the flight level (in other words, according to transponder data always was between 33975 and 34025 feet). (The flight departing Aug 7th and being over Turkey on Aug 8th was cruising at FL320 and had no altitude deviation, too).
The Times of India, in their always so extremely reliable information (that out of several hundreds of aviation stories only as many as the fingers of one hand can count have actually been verified), claims however, that the occurrence came to light by an anonymous SMS to the DGCA.
The fact, that the DGCA reacted and opened an investigation whether there is any substance to the claims in that SMS, was taken as full confirmation of the report by the ToI and their big story now makes the rounds throughout the globe.
An anonymous SMS thus is the only foundation of this story!