Co-pilot operating flight without valid license

Nedumbassery: A co-pilot of a JetLite flight was found operating the plane from Hyderabad to Kochi without valid license, airport sources said here today.
An Inspector in Director General of Civil Aviation office, who was in the same flight that reached the airport here this afternoon, verified the license of the co-pilot and found that it has expired on Wednesday, the sources said.
The flight was detained and a co-pilot with valid license was replaced. It left Kochi for Hyderabad after a delay of more than two hours, the sources said.
25/06/09 Agencies/JetLite

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