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BEIJING, March 15 (Reuters) – China’s aviation regulator
stated on Monday it’s suspending Donghai Airways from including new
routes, flights and capability after concluding an investigation
right into a mid-air dispute between crew members on a current home
flight.
The pilot, who, in keeping with media outlet Caixin, blamed the
head flight attendant for not clearing his solution to the toilet,
may have his license revoked, Wu Shijie, deputy director of the
Workplace of Aviation Security on the Civil Aviation Administration
of China (CAAC), advised a month-to-month briefing.
The flight attendant may also obtain corresponding
administrative punishment, Wu added.
Wu didn’t specify how lengthy the restrictions on routes,
flights and capability would final.
He additionally didn’t supply the main points on the mid-air struggle.
Media reviews, citing an aviation-focused Wechat account, stated
the struggle between the 2 males had damaged out 50 minutes earlier than
the flight landed and each males have been injured.
Shenzhen-based Donghai Airways, which had stated final week it
had instantly suspended the crew members concerned within the
struggle, couldn’t be reached instantly for touch upon Monday.
China is a stickler for aviation security, after sustaining a
robust security report for over a decade.
In 2018, CAAC had decreased Air China’s Boeing 737
flights by 10% and cancelled licenses of the pilot and co-pilot
after it discovered the co-pilot was smoking an e-cigarette, main
to an emergency touchdown.
(Reporting by Stella Qiu in Beijing and Jamie Freed in Sydney;
Modifying by Muralikumar Anantharaman)
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