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India: 2 more airplane pilots found with fake license

Delhi, India - They had cleared the tests to graduate from co-pilot to the captain's seat

In India, investigations by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), initiated after a woman pilot was found repeatedly landing wrongly on the nosewheel of the plane, have thrown up two more pilots who forged their qualifying papers (see AVIONEWS). Fake captains are fast emerging as the biggest threat to safe flying in India. The duo was commandeering aircraft after allegedly forging papers...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1126723
Rome, Italy, 03/09/2011 11:11
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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