Sunday Territorian today...
Pilots asked to. .leave Ngukurr.. .BY ALAN HARDIE
Two Air Air Ngukkur pilots have been flown back to Darwin at the request of the Ngukurr Community it was revealed yesterday.
Rosanna Edwards, in charge of bookings and accounts at Air Ngukurr confirmed yesterday that two pilots from the company flew to Darwin on Saturday night.
Ms Edwards said: "But I can guarantee no one has been sacked from this airline.
"People are removed from different communities for different reasons.
"It could be for a matter of safety or for their conduct or behaviour that they are removed from an area."
Ms Edwards said the community at Ngukurr, about 300km east of Katherine, had asked for the two pilots to be flown out.
She was unable to give a reason for the pilots' removal or say how long their removal would last.
"I don't know the full story and therefore don't wish to comment further," she said yesterday.. ."We are trying to contact our chief executive officer for comment, but being a Sunday she may be out all day."
The Northern Territory News was unable to contact officials at Ngukurr community yesterday.
Air Ngukurr was formerly known as Wimray.