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Air India's director of ops fails alcohol test, flying licence suspended

DGCA suspends flying licence of Air India's Director for Operations Arvind Kathpalia for 3 years after he failed alcohol test

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Aviation watchdog DGCA on Monday suspended the license of a senior Air India pilot, who is also the carrier's director of operations, for three years, a day after he failed two breathalyzer tests before a flight to London from New Delhi.

This is the second time Arvind Kathpalia has been in trouble over alcohol tests. He was suspended for three months in 2017 for allegedly refusing to take breathalyzer tests.

"The privileges of his licence have been suspended for a period of three years from 11.11.2018 as per the provisions of applicable regulations," a spokesperson at the Directorate General of

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