The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has suspended 34 more pilots licenses’ of Pakistan International Airlines for allegedly holding fake degrees.
According to a notification issued by the CAA, licenses will remain suspended till the inquiry against the pilots has not been completed.
Last month, Pakistan said it would ground 262 airline pilots whose credentials may have been falsified after global airlines body International Air Transport Association said that irregularities found in pilot licenses at PIA represent a “serious lapse” in safety controls.
Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan, while presenting an initial investigation report into the PIA plane crash in which 97 people had been killed, had said 40% of the country’s pilots held “dubious licenses”.
Last month, Pakistan said it would ground 262 airline pilots whose credentials may have been falsified after global airlines body International Air Transport Association said that irregularities found in pilot licences at PIA represent a “serious lapse” in safety controls.
Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan, while presenting an initial investigation report into the PIA plane crash in which 97 people had been killed, had said 40% of the country’s pilots held “dubious licenses”.
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has also suspended PIA’s authorisation to fly to the bloc for six months.
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