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DGCA suspends approval for flying training firm Alchemist Aviation

The move comes less than two weeks after the organisation's trainee aircraft was involved in the fatal accident

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Alchemist Aviation is into local flying at Jamshedpur Sonari airport in Jharkhand. Photo: Shutterstock

Press Trust of India New Delhi

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Aviation watchdog DGCA has suspended the approval for Alchemist Aviation following an audit done in the wake of a fatal trainee aircraft accident that found the flying training organisation being non-compliant with regulations.

The move comes less than two weeks after the organisation's trainee aircraft was involved in the fatal accident that killed the two people on board -- instructor and trainee pilot.

Following the accident on August 20, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) conducted a special safety audit of Alchemist Aviation on August 23 and 24.

"During the audit, several serious deficiencies and non-compliances of regulatory provisions were found," DGCA said in a release on Thursday.

 

Alchemist Aviation is into local flying at Jamshedpur Sonari airport in Jharkhand. The regulator said it has suspended the approval granted to Alchemist Aviation to operate as a Flying Training Organisation.

"The FTO will have to mandatorily undergo a de novo rectification process to ensure obligatory compliances," it added.


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First Published: Aug 29 2024 | 12:33 PM IST

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