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Vietnam Airlines has pilot troubles!
Vietnam Airlines’ pilots are in trouble, with The Vietnam Civil Aviation Administration confirming that a Vietnam Airlines pilot and some crew members have been suspended for cutting radar contact and staying out of communication for more than an hour during a commercial flight and a Vietnam Airlines co-pilot being arrested in Sydney for taking too much money out of Australia.
The Vietnam Airlines Boeing 777 was carrying 200 passengers when it lost communication for 65 minutes over Ukraine, Poland and the Czech Republic on April 17. Duong Van Thao from the VCAA said, “We suspended the flight licenses of the chief pilot and other crew members for violating flight communication rules over the airspace of three Eastern European countries”
The Vietnam News Agency said that when entering the airspace of the Czech Republic, the aircraft did not reply to communication signals sent by the country’s air traffic control stations for 25 minutes, forcing the Czech Air Force to send two combat jets to flank the plane and send immediate landing signals.
Only then did the two pilots turn on the communication system back on.
Thao said the pilot would have to undergo additional training sessions before being allowed to fly for the state-run carrier again.
Tran Van Dang, co-pilot of a Vietnam Airlines Boeing 777 flying from Sydney to Ho Chi Minh City, was detained on June 4 as he was preparing to board the aircraft , when Australian customs found that Mr Dang was carrying $US500,000 out of the country without declaration, which under Australian laws is illegal.
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