Avinash Bhosale, chairman of private charter airline Varva Aviation, with two car mechanics who allegedly repaired a helicopter of the airline. Photo: Special ArrangementThe pilot of charter airline Varva Aviation didn’t report a snag in the technical report, say DGCA officials. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has grounded a pilot of Mumbai-based private charter airline Varva Aviation for allegedly allowing car mechanics to repair a helicopter engine recently. We have been informed that the copter was repaired by car mechanics,” a senior DGCA official said on condition of anonymity. “Although the pilot has refused any snag, we suspect that car mechanics were called to repair the helicopter after which the flight flew to Pune,” the official said.

Source: The Hindu November 04, 2016 09:22 UTC