Fake Pilot Licenses Exposed

In Pakistan, a significant number of commercial pilots were found to have obtained fake licenses or cheated on their exams. The country's aviation minister reported to parliament that over 260 of the 860 active pilots were implicated. This revelation followed an investigation into a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) crash in 2020, which killed 97 people and was attributed to human error by the pilot.

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