Mumbai: A SpiceJet pilot who was caught by customs officials for smuggling gold into the country has been dismissed from service. This is the third instance of a SpiceJet pilot being asked to leave in recent months for inappropriate behaviour.
The case goes back a few months, when the pilot and his family landed at Delhi from Dubai on a SpiceJet flight. "Based on passenger profiling, he and his wife were intercepted by customs after crossing the green channel, which means they had nothing to declare," said a source. Their cabin bags were X-ray scanned and customs recovered four gold bangles from his wife's bag. The pilot was found wearing a gold bracelet and a gold chain, all of which added up to 700 gm of gold. "The pilot and his family were arrested by the customs and later released on bail. The customs also sent a letter to his airline giving details of the incident," the source said.
SpiceJet carried out an internal inquiry and found that the Delhi-based pilot had argued with customs officials and tried to use influence by calling some politicians and other authorities.
29/12/19 Manjun V/Times of India
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The case goes back a few months, when the pilot and his family landed at Delhi from Dubai on a SpiceJet flight. "Based on passenger profiling, he and his wife were intercepted by customs after crossing the green channel, which means they had nothing to declare," said a source. Their cabin bags were X-ray scanned and customs recovered four gold bangles from his wife's bag. The pilot was found wearing a gold bracelet and a gold chain, all of which added up to 700 gm of gold. "The pilot and his family were arrested by the customs and later released on bail. The customs also sent a letter to his airline giving details of the incident," the source said.
SpiceJet carried out an internal inquiry and found that the Delhi-based pilot had argued with customs officials and tried to use influence by calling some politicians and other authorities.
29/12/19 Manjun V/Times of India
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