Friday, February 10, 2017

Air India breath evasion test: 3 doctors to probe case against grounded Captain Kathpalia

New Delhi: Director General Civil Aviation on Friday called 3 doctors of Air India in off-rostered Executive Director Operation Captain Arvind Kathpalia case to carry out further inquiry against him. The Indian aviation authority will take disciplinary action if it finds more concrete evidence against Captain Arvind Kathpalia of evading breath test.
Yesterday, there was news that a four-member panel will be set up to look into the Captains matter who has been evading the breath test since past 15 days.
As per Hindustan Times, the DGCA had sent an email to Air India chairman to ground Arvind Kathpalia with immediate effect. The Air India Pilots Union Indian, the Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA) had sent a legal notice to the DGCA for not taking proper actions against pilots for violation of Breath Analyzer (BA) test.
On Thursday, news agency ANI had reported on the same incident that the test is conducted to ensure that the pilots are not drunk before entering their cockpits.
10/02/17 India.com
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