More pilots arrested in India with fake flying certificates...

Two pilots of budget carrier SpiceJet were arrested here on Monday for allegedly obtaining commercial pilot licence on the basis of forged flying certificates, officials said.

"Anoop Choudhary and Amit Moondra were arrested for obtaining commercial pilot licence by submitting forged flying certificates. Both the pilots are employed with SpiceJet at New Delhi," IG Rajasthan Anti-Corruption Bureau, Umesh Mishra, said here.

He said their arrest was connected with a case registered with the bureau in which nine persons, including chief instructor of Rajasthan Flying School Captain Mohindar Kumar and assistant general manager- ATC Sanganer Airport Manoj Jain, have been arrested so far. More...

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