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Jul
Mumbai: Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has temporarily suspended the operations of Mahindra Aerospace GA8 aircraft.The development came after a fatal GA8 aircraft accident on July 14, 2019 in Sweden during a skydiving flight. None of the nine people on board survived the accident. The GA8 is manufactured in Australia by GippsAero, a Mahindra subsidiary, based in the Latrobe Valley. "CASA has temporarily suspended GA8 operations as a precautionary step pending the outcome of further investigation by Swedish and European authorities," the authority said in a statement on July 20. "The temporary suspension will be for up to 15 days from midnight…