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Aviation ministry pulls the plug on Kanpur's Garg Aviation amid safety complaints
The action follows a fatal August crash and a separate trainee injury, while a flight training association alleged repeated regulatory violations.
The civil aviation ministry on Tuesday suspended the operations of Kanpur-based flying training organisation (FTO) Garg Aviation “until further notice”, following a series of complaints alleging safety and regulatory violations at the flight school, multiple people aware of the matter told HT.
“The DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation) has suspended the FTO’s operations on the ministry’s direction,” a civil aviation ministry official told HT.
“It is also learnt that the FTO was not conducting any operations for a few days. The DGCA will look into the concerns in detail,” the officer added.