Acknowledging the passion of mini-aeroplane maker Mohammad Fayyaz, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) returned the flying machine, confiscated by local police, on Thursday.
A spokesman for the CAA said that on the directives of Secretary Aviation Shahrukh Nusrat, a CAA team headed by Deputy Airport Manager of Lahore Airport Nazeer Ahmed Khan, got the aircraft released from Rang Shah police station in Pakpattan and handed it over to Fayyaz.
Rang Shah police had registered an FIR against Fayyaz on Sunday on the complaint of Sub-Inspector Shaukat Ali, who said that he was informed that at least 500 people had gathered at Chak No50/SP Wali Pul Rajbah where a man, who had invented a mini aeroplane, used the metalled link road as a runway to take off on its maiden flight and took several rounds in the air.
Soon the sub-inspector reached the spot and found the man landing the plane on the road. On being asked, Fayyaz was unable to provide a government-issued permit to operate the aeroplane.
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