DGCA suspends FTO approval of Wings Aviation
Indian aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has suspended the Flying Training Organisation (FTO) approval granted to Hyderabad-based Wings Aviation Pvt Ltd, after two pilots died in aircraft crash in Vikarabad district earlier this month, the DGCA said in a statement.
A FTO approval allows a flying school to train pilots with relevant flying experience needed to acquire a commercial pilot licenses.
The regulator’s move to suspend FTO approval of the company comes after a Cessna-172 aircraft belonging to Wings Aviation meet with a fatal crash during a flight between Begumpet (Hyderabad) and Gobur (Karnataka).
