A spokesman for the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) responded Wednesday to media reports that 200 pilots falsified their flying histories, saying those involved were published two years ago.
"To date, we haven't found any new cases of airline pilots falsifying their resumes in our current safety checks," the spokesman said.
The CAAC response came after China's media reported that in a recent internal meeting of the CAAC, an unnamed official disclosed that more than 200 airline pilots were found to have faked their flying qualifications during a two-year inspection from 2008 to 2009.
The reports came in the wake of China's latest plane crash that killed 42 passengers and injured 54 others in northeast China's Yichun City on Aug. 24.
According to the spokesman, the CAAC launched a nationwide check on the pilots' flight experience in April 2008, in which 192 pilots were found to have falsified their flying histories.
But the results were not made public then.
The spokesman said the CAAC had adopted compulsory crack-down measures, such as revoking the pilots' flying licenses and remedied the qualification procedures for the pilots after the scandal.
"We will never tolerate falsification in the industry and pilots' qualifications are the focus of our supervision on the industry's safety," said the spokesman. |
