8th
September
2010
China suspends pilots with falsified qualifications
posted in Car Rental |
Officials in China have suspended a number of airline pilots after discovering that more than 200 have not been honest about their qualifications or the amount of flight experience they have. The investigation into pilot records began after a Henan Airlines jet crashed in Yichun last month killing 42 passengers.
The Chinese Civil Aviation Authority plans to make it compulsory for all technical crew and flight staff to sit a new set of examinations. Of all the pilots found to possess fraudulent records, more than half are currently employed by Shenzhen Airlines, owners of Henan Airlines.
Survivors of the crash described how [...]
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