LAHORE – A man has been arrested for flying his manufactured aeroplane without official permission in Punjab’s Arif Wala Tehsil, Police said on Monday.
His aircraft has also been confiscated during the trial run at an open field, police report added.
Muhammad Fayyaz, who is a security guard by profession, has manufactured a small aircraft with the help of bank loan, and personal savings of Rs50, 000.
Fayyaz while talking to Geo News said, “I made the aircraft with my hard work. My plane can fly till 1,000 feet. Give me one chance so that I can prove that I am a patriotic Pakistani. I informed every department but no one responded to me until this time”.
The action has been taken for flying the plane without the due approval of the civil aviation, the police further said.
On the other hand, but Fayyaz said that he had sent a request to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) but his request never came before the relevant authorities.
CAA expert, Naseem Ahmed, while speaking to TV said that the CAA laws are very much clear that Pakistani airspace cannot be used without due permission by any air machine.
“There needs to be approved. It’s for their own good for their safety. What if God forbid the plane crashes with any building. Ignorance cannot be used as an excuse,” he said.
