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“There is no truth in these allegations,” he said.
Salman acknowledged that 141 of his fellow pilots had been grounded by PIA a day earlier but said the pilots accused of obtaining “fake pilot licenses” were ready to defend themselves in any forum.
Salman's comments came a day after Khan fired five aviation officials for their alleged involvement in a scandal in which pilot licences were allegedly awarded to people who had others take their exams. Khan said 141 PIA pilots whose licenses were tainted will not be allowed to fly.
The allegations of cheating to obtain pilot licenses in
Salman's comments come days after Khan presented preliminary findings of an investigation into the A320 crash to
The government has not said whether the pilot and co-pilot of the doomed
Salman said 39 pilots out of the 262 accused of obtaining fake pilot licenses had either died or retired years ago. He said the validity of the licenses and degrees of the pilot and co-plot who were flying the doomed flight PK-8303 were beyond any doubt.
Salman revealed that an investigation into the alleged “fake licenses" of scores of pilots had started two years ago and had not been completed when the crash took place and Khan leveled baseless allegations against them.
He requested the country’s judiciary appoint an independent commission to probe allegations against the pilots.
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