The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Monday suspended operations at Redbird Flight Training Academy, one of India s largest flight schools, across all five of its training bases in the country.
This action was taken after five accidents involving the institute s planes in the past six months.
The DGCA announced it would conduct an audit of the academy s maintenance practices and also proficiency checks of the institute s flight instructors before allowing it to resume operations.