VietnamExpress-June 29

The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam has asked their counterparts in Pakistan to verify records and certificates of 12 Pakistani pilots working in Vietnam over fake qualification concerns. Dinh Viet Thang, Director of the CAAV, said Monday that the Pakistani aviation authorities have confirmed that they would verify and respond soon. Pending the Pakistani response, all the 12 pilots working in Vietnam have been suspended. The 12 are part of 27 Pakistani pilots licensed to work in the country. The other 15 have left Vietnam after finishing their contracts. The CAAV’s request to verify qualifications was made following reports that Pakistani authorities have suspended 262 pilots on suspicion of using fraudulent licenses. The fraud came to light during investigations into a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane crash in May that killed 97 people. A total 262 out of 860 Pakistani pilots had reportedly hired somebody else to take the license examination on their behalf and were not qualified to operate an aircraft, initial investigations found.

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