Kathmandu: The resignation of the Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority Pradeep Adhikari has been demanded for seriously weakening air safety.

Earlier, A voice in the parliamentary committee was raised that he should resign due to frequent air accidents during his tenure. On the same issue, Nepali Congress MP Uday Shamsher Rana, while speaking at the House of Representatives meeting, demanded the resignation of the director general of the authority today.

Since the officer became the director general of the authority, there have been 7 air accidents in which more than 118 people lost their lives and moral questions have been raised, so he should resign immediately, and if he does not resign, the government should bring the director general under investigation, said rana. In the committee meeting, most of the MPs also raised questions about the ability and working style of the CAAN leadership.

“The reports of the commission made after the accident always blame the pilot, airplane and maintenance team just to clear the authority from the incident. Is the authority responsible for the air accident or not? , Why is the authority not to blame for an air accident? When should the authority take responsibility?” He said.

According to him, there have been 72 air accidents in Nepal since 1962 and 935 people lost their lives. Last Wednesday, 18 people lost their lives when a Saurya Airlines plane that was going from Kathmandu to Pokhara for maintenance crashed at Tribhuvan International Airport.