Lucknow: The UP government has suspended a pilot after aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), New Delhi, found him guilty of “mishandling” a chartered plane while landing it on the runway of Delhi Airport in September 2012.
The six-seater plane (Premium 1-A), with Cabinet minister Shivpal Singh Yadav with two other passengers, a cockpit crew of two and one cabin crew on board, had skidded off the runway but nobody was hurt in the incident.
DGCA had conducted the inquiry into the matter and submitted the report to UP government last month. Sources said the UP government recently suspended Wing Commander Rajesh Kumar Nagar on the basis of the DGCA report and ordered a departmental inquiry against the pilot.
Principal Secretary to Secondary Education Department Manoj Kumar Singh is conducting the departmental probe into the matter. Secretary, Civil Aviation department, SK Raghuvanshi confirmed Nagar’s suspension. Sources said Nagar’s flying licence was suspended after the incident. The aircraft had taken off from Lucknow with Shivpal who had to reach Ghaziabad to meet the families of victims of riots that had occurred in Masuri area then.
28/09/14 Lalmani Verma/Indian Express
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The six-seater plane (Premium 1-A), with Cabinet minister Shivpal Singh Yadav with two other passengers, a cockpit crew of two and one cabin crew on board, had skidded off the runway but nobody was hurt in the incident.
DGCA had conducted the inquiry into the matter and submitted the report to UP government last month. Sources said the UP government recently suspended Wing Commander Rajesh Kumar Nagar on the basis of the DGCA report and ordered a departmental inquiry against the pilot.
Principal Secretary to Secondary Education Department Manoj Kumar Singh is conducting the departmental probe into the matter. Secretary, Civil Aviation department, SK Raghuvanshi confirmed Nagar’s suspension. Sources said Nagar’s flying licence was suspended after the incident. The aircraft had taken off from Lucknow with Shivpal who had to reach Ghaziabad to meet the families of victims of riots that had occurred in Masuri area then.
28/09/14 Lalmani Verma/Indian Express
