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DGCA suspends chopper pilot's license, removes airline pilot from flight duty
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DGCA suspends chopper pilot's license, removes airline pilot from flight duty
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New Delhi, Aug 26 (TIWN) Aviation regulator DGCA has suspended, for a period of six months, the license of a helicopter pilot, involved in an incident while landing on an offshore platform.

So far, four pilots and one Air Traffic Controller (ATC) have tested positive for psychoactive substances. According to the official, a pilot of a prominent airline was subjected to a drug test in the national capital. He was found positive in the confirmatory test report received on August 23 and has been removed from flight duty, the official said. However, details about the airline or pilot were not disclosed.

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