India's civil aviation regulator has ordered Jet Airways to suspend two pilots after a flight to Brussels dived 1,500 metres, forcing air traffic controllers to issue an emergency warning. TheTimes of Indiasaid the captain was on a scheduled rest break when the plane dropped over Turkey, putting it at an altitude assigned toanother aircraft last Friday. Air traffic controllers in Ankara had to issue an emergency warning to the co-pilot on duty, who the paper said "did not notice that the aircraft had lost altitude" because she was using her tablet computer at the time.The Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Thursday said it had summoned the captain and co-pilot for questioning over what it called a "serious incident" during the flight from Mumbai to Brussels while it was reportedly carrying 280 passengers."Both the pilots have been taken off the roster pending inquiry," said the regulator in a statement."Additionally, the Aircraft Accident InvestigationBureau has been asked to conduct a detailed investigation into the incident. "The airline said it had launched its own investigation
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