Anil Ambani's 'tampered' 13-seater chopper Bell-412 takes off with senior executives, but the industrialist prefers to take the road instead
Anil Ambani's 'tampered' 13-seater chopper Bell-412 takes off with senior executives, but the industrialist prefers to take the road instead
A month after pebbles and gravel were found in the gearbox of industrialist Anil Ambani's chopper, the 13-seater Bell-412 has taken to the skies again, following a high-level investigation in the case.
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The chopper made its first sortie after the entire sabotage drama on Tuesday to the Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City (DAKC) in Kopharkhairane.
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Interestingly, Ambani chose to give this flight a miss and those flying in the chopper were senior executives of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG).
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According to Naseem Zaidi, director general, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the investigations in the case are complete.
"Now, that investigations are over, the chopper is free to fly," he said. As reported by MiD DAY earlier, the DGCA report submitted to Crime Branch said that the pebbles could not have hampered the flying of the chopper.
Still on contract
Sources revealed that despite ADAG claiming to have terminated its contract with Air Works, the chopper maintenance company, whose employees have been arrested for tampering with the Bell-412, was still maintaining the helicopter.
"The contract is very much on," said an Air Works official. However, ADAG officials maintained that the contract has been handed over to Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul firm Indmar.
Meanwhile, Air Works, whose image took a beating after the chopper case, has been doing everything it can to hold on to its clientele.
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The company has also been insisting that it was 'impossible' for the tampering to have gone unnoticed.
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"It was because of Air Works' security procedure that the attempt by two of our employees to sabotage the chopper was detected in advance.
As one of the founders of India's MRO industry, Air Works strictly adheres to industry-accepted procedures for aircraft safety and security," said a statement circulated by Air Works recently.
Air Works has already initiated legal action against the two employees who are part of the 52 non-technical staff, whose entry to the airport has already been restricted.
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