Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has cancelled the license suspension of Vijay Lama, Pilot and spokesperson of Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC).
The authority has terminated the license suspension of Captain Lama saying that the statement shared by him as the spokesperson’s responsibility was sensitive based on security.
CAAN sent letter to NAC with the decision of suspending his license immediately and not to permit to conduct flight until he resigned the spokesperson’s post.
According to the decision of the Authority, Nepal Airlines had revoked the spokesperson duty of Capt. Lama from today referencing to the letter of CAAN.
One high officials stated that there won’t be any restriction to operate flights to Lama after he was terminated from Spokesperson’s position.
Previously, the ‘Flight Safety Department’ of CAAN had asked for an explanation letter from Capt. Lama after his 55 minutes interview regarding the case was aired in media and televisions as Capt. Lama’s gesture towards the authority was not acceptable while he spoke to social media regarding the stoppage of Nepal Airlines flight to Dubai on Chaitra 19.
The explanation was claimed within 7 days and the authority grounded him stating that his explanation letter is not satisfactorily illustrating all the facts and intensions.