A third of this country’s pilots were flying with fake licences

Abdullah Hafeez, a spokesman for Pakistan International Airlines, did not give additional details about the alleged cheating but said a process to fire the pilots had been initiated.

The announcement stunned politicians present in the National Assembly and shocked family members of passengers who died last month when Flight PK8303 went down after departing from the eastern city of Lahore, crashing in a congested residential area in Karachi. The crash killed 98 people, including 97 passengers and crew, as well as a girl on the ground. There were only two survivors on board the plane.

Mr Khan said only that they did not take examinations themselves to get the required certificates, which are issued by the civil aviation authority. But officials familiar with the process involved in issuing licences said an unspecified number of people who had the skills to fly a plane but lacked technical knowledge had in the past bribed qualified persons to take exams for them. They didn’t elaborate.

In presenting preliminary findings of the probe to parliament on Wednesday, Mr Khan said the pilot, before making his first failed landing attempt,from the air control tower when he was told the plane was too high to land. However, he said the pilot and co-pilot were medically fit and qualified to fly.

They probably got them from their new communist mates in china

Don’t need a license, just wing it?

Fake Doctors as well...

Who...in their right mind would get on a plane with “Pakistan International” written on the side anyway 😂😂😂

Now do truck licenses.

The mind boggles.

That adds trust to the aviation sector!

Might explain a few taxi drivers here in Australia from that region maybe?🤔😉

This is good to know.....

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