KATHMANDU, JANUARY 23
Three pilots of Nepal Airlines Corporation have been barred from flying after they disobeyed the instruction from air traffic control specialists of Hong Kong.
The NAC, as per the di-rection of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal, has decided to ground three pilots after they did not follow instruction of ATCS of Hong Kong while landing, said Jagnnath Niroula, CAAN spokesperson.
"Three pilots - namely Nar Bahadur Bishwokarma, Rajesh Kushwaha, and Uddhav Ghimire - who were flying the Hong Kongbound aircraft on Friday, have been suspended," Niroula told The Himalayan Times.
"We took action against them based on the complaint from ATCS of Hong Kong," he added, but refused to divulge the details of the complaint. Niroula said CAAN had initiated an investigation against the pilots and would take further action based on the findings.
"They will be grounded until the investigation is completed," he added. NAC officials did not respond to repeated calls seeking comment.
A version of this article appears in the print on January 24, 2023, of The Himalayan Times.
