The aviation regulator has suspended operations of Redbird Flight Training Academy, taking action against India’s largest flight training school after its aircraft was involved in a fifth serious incident in the past six months.
“This is the fifth accident of your academy in the past six months, pertaining to engine failure or other maintenance issue,” said an order issued by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), after a training aircraft of the academy, on October 22, was forced to make an emergency landing in a field shortly after taking off from its centre at Baramati. “The DGCA will carry out an audit of the maintenance practices carried out by your organisation and proficiency checks of your instructors and designated examiners.”
