Acting for the first time on an election-related complaint, the DGCA has suspended licenses of two pilots for making an unauthorised sortie in poll-bound Nagaland early this year which was intercepted by an EC team for carrying Rs one crore cash.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has taken action on the complaint of 'Election Expenditure Monitoring' cell of EC after its surveillance team on February 16 seized the cash from a helicopter allegedly being used by a candidate of Nagaland Peoples Front (NPF) after it landed at Assam Rifles helipad in Longleng district of the state. The cash is still in possession of the Commission and the political party has recently approached a competent court to get the money released.
The DGCA has found the two pilots, Captain K N G Nair and Captain Sunil Kumar (co-pilot), in violation of air safety norms and for not possessing mandtatory and valid Air Defence Clearance (ADC) to fly on Phomching-Longleng-Phomching route on the said date and also failing to report the incident to the DGCA or the local Air Traffic Control (ATC).
08/09/13 PTI/Daily News & Analysis
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The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has taken action on the complaint of 'Election Expenditure Monitoring' cell of EC after its surveillance team on February 16 seized the cash from a helicopter allegedly being used by a candidate of Nagaland Peoples Front (NPF) after it landed at Assam Rifles helipad in Longleng district of the state. The cash is still in possession of the Commission and the political party has recently approached a competent court to get the money released.
The DGCA has found the two pilots, Captain K N G Nair and Captain Sunil Kumar (co-pilot), in violation of air safety norms and for not possessing mandtatory and valid Air Defence Clearance (ADC) to fly on Phomching-Longleng-Phomching route on the said date and also failing to report the incident to the DGCA or the local Air Traffic Control (ATC).
08/09/13 PTI/Daily News & Analysis
