Pakistan Airlines fires 28 pilots found to have tainted licenses following a scandal that found several pilots had cheated on their exams, but were nevertheless given licences
A Pakistan International Airlines passenger jet is parked on the tarmac at a military base in Makassar, Indonesia on March 7, 2011.
Pakistan's national carrier is firing 28 pilots found to have tainted licenses, the company's spokesman said on Wednesday, the latest chapter in a scandal that emerged in the wake of the Airbus A320 crash in Karachi in May. An inquiry into the May 22 crash that killed 97 people on board resulted in the stunning revelation that 260 of 860 pilots in Pakistan had cheated on their pilots exams, but were still given licenses by the Civil Aviation Authority.
The government later fired five officials of the regulatory agency and criminal charges against them are being considered. According to news reports on Wednesday, 262 pilots are currently grounded in Pakistan.Volunteers look for survivors of a Pakistan International Airlines plane that crashed in a residential area of Karachi, Pakistan on May 22, 2020.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia said in a statement on Thursday that the decision came after an evaluation of all foreign pilots in Malaysia. The regulator said there are less than 20 Pakistani pilots in the country.
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