Untrained Pilots Landed a Passenger Jet in India, Risking Lives
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A Vistara aircraft.
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Vistara, an Indian joint venture of conglomerate Tata Group and Singapore Airlines Ltd., has been fined after a first officer landed a passenger flight without completing required training.
The incident, which occurred during a landing in the central Indian city of Indore, was a serious violation that endangered the lives of passengers on board, according to a senior official at the nation’s aviation regulator who declined to be identified talking about a confidential probe.