Fake Pilot Scam

• Indian skies safe despite 'fake' pilots, says regulator

  It began with a dangerous landing and has resulted in 16 pilots being sacked. India's fake flying licence scam posed a severe challenge to the country's airline safety regulator.

• Son of former Rajasthan minister booked in 'fake pilots' scam

  Former BJP minister Madan Dilawar's son is among four people booked by the Rajasthan anti-corruption bureau in connection with the 'fake pilots' scam. Madan Dilawar was the Minister for Social Justice in the Vasundhara Raje government. An FIR has been lodged against Pawan Dilawar for allegedly faking flying hours to get his Commercial Pilots Licen...

• Two more pilots arrested in fake licence scam

  Two pilots working with private airlines were arrested today for allegedly procuring commercial flying licences using forged marksheets, taking the total number of people arrested in such cases to 17.The arrested pilots have been identified as Captain Param Prakash and Captain Anirban Sannigrahi, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Ashok Chand sa...

• How corruption in fast-growing aviation industry is hurting nation

  More than a dozen commercial pilots in India have been stripped of their licenses and a top airline safety official has been suspended after a government investigation uncovered widespread fraud and corruption in the booming aviation industry.Several of India's private carriers, as well as its state-run airline, Air India, have fired active pilots ...

• 'Fake pilot' probe: Top DGCA official relieved of duty pending inquiry

  The probe into the 'fake pilots' probe has now reached the top echelons of aviation watchdog, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).RS Passi, the joint director of DGCA has been relieved of his duties pending probe into his role into his daughter procuring a fake pilot license.Mr Passi is the father of Garima Passi who quit SpiceJet airl...

• Can you fly? Prove it on camera

  With more and more 'fake' pilot cases being unearthed every day air travel is fast ceasing to be a joyride. Now, after facing flak on the issue from all quarters, aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has decided to put its examination wing under CCTV surveillance.DGCA has a special examination wing called Central Examinat...

• Two more fake pilots, tout arrested

  Every day, fresh cases of fake pilots being found and arrested seem to be coming up. The arrests of the latest fake pilots, Abhishek Kaushik and Hiren Nagar, have led the Delhi police to a new angle of the racket in Gujarat. Kaushik and Nagar, both in their mid-twenties, met during training at a flying school in Indore. Nagar later led Kaushik...

• Where are all the fake pilots, asks Delhi police

  The Crime Branch of Delhi Police on Monday issued a lookout notice against three pilots and a flying instructor for their involvement in the fake pilot licence scam."We have issued a lookout notice against flying instructor Deepak Atslar, pilots Bhupinder Singh, Syed Habib Ali and Swarn Singh Talwar. Habib and Swarn were supposed to be working with...

• 'Fake pilots' scam: Police issue lookout notice against 4

  Intensifying its probe into the 'fake pilots' scam, the Delhi Police has issued a lookout notice against three pilots and a flying instructor to ensure that they have not fled the country.The lookout notices were issued by the Delhi Police's crime branch against pilots Swaran Singh Talwar of MDLR, Syed Habib Ali and Bhupinder Singh for allegedly be...

• DGCA official arrested in 'fake pilot' scam

  The fake pilot saga keeps getting bigger. Four more people, including an official of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), have been arrested by the Delhi Police in connection with the 'fake flying licence' scam.The arrested DGCA official, Pradeep Kumar, was the Assistant Director in charge of licensing till January. This is the first t...

• Mumbai: Logbook blew lid off pilot licence scam

  Nine pilots have been arrested in the fake pilot licence scam case so far and there is one common link between all of them the logbook.The cops smelt a rat when they noticed the pilots' flying hours were registered even on the day the training aircraft was grounded. "When we started investigations, we found that the flying school had made entry of ...

• Fake pilot licence scam: Govt orders audit of all flying schools

  After two more pilots were arrested on Tuesday for submitting fake documents to get their pilot licenses, the Government today promised firm action over the incident. Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi ordered an audit of all the forty flying schools in the country. "There are about 40 flying schools. Now there is an audit of these schools....

• 2 more pilots arrested for faking it

  Amit Mundra and Ajay Chaudhary were arrested in Jaipur late on Monday night for forging documents to qualify as pilots. Two other pilots have been arrested in recent weeks for similar charges, forcing India to confront the fact that they're placing their lives in the hands of people who really may not know what they're doing. The men arrested ...