Kolkata: A day after the arrest of Air Odisha Aviation Chairman and Managing Director Santosh Pani on charges of cheating, it remains a mystery how he continued to be in the air despite the many red flags.
Indeed, the sequences of events raise questions about air safety and governance.
According to Trideeb Raut, who played a key role in negotiating with both the Centre and the Odisha government to get AOA flying from January 19, both maintenance contractor Deccan Charters and aircraft provider Dublin-based ITCL had requested the Director-General of Civil Aviation to ground the airline at least a week ago.
“I don’t know how he could get away with all this. To me it’s a surprise,” Raut told BusinessLine over telephone from Bhubaneswar.
02/06/16 Pratim Ranjan Bose/Business Line
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Indeed, the sequences of events raise questions about air safety and governance.
According to Trideeb Raut, who played a key role in negotiating with both the Centre and the Odisha government to get AOA flying from January 19, both maintenance contractor Deccan Charters and aircraft provider Dublin-based ITCL had requested the Director-General of Civil Aviation to ground the airline at least a week ago.
“I don’t know how he could get away with all this. To me it’s a surprise,” Raut told BusinessLine over telephone from Bhubaneswar.
02/06/16 Pratim Ranjan Bose/Business Line
