PHOTOS: Plane crashes in field after power loss near Astoria airport

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A small airplane crashed just outside the Astoria Regional Airport on Tuesday evening around 5 p.m. The pilot flying the plane was attempting to approach the runway when the…

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    The deficiency casts a shadow on all of those whose expertise was qualified by Manha, Shain and Khanna.

    It means that if the DGCA is going to follow through and maintain standards, every person qualified by these examiners (or otherwise taught by them) is scrutinized and retested.

    Can pilots be deemed competent when they have been trained by incompetents?

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