Students out thousands of dollars after flight school closes
By DAVE COLLINS, Associated Press
Published: June 15, 2017, 12:25pm
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Arslan Mamiliyev, who was training to become a commercial pilot at the American Flight Academy in Hartford, Conn., stands outside the building where the school was located. He and other international students are suing the school, saying they lost thousands of dollars and are being forced to leave the country after the school closed following two fatal plane crashes. Federal authorities are investigating the crashes and have seized records from the school. (AP Photo/Dave Collins)
HARTFORD, Conn. — After paying tens of thousands of dollars for commercial pilot training, students at a Connecticut flight school say they were left in the lurch when the academy closed following two fatal plane crashes within five months.
Some students who came from overseas to train at the Hartford-based American Flight Academy are also having to return to their home countries immediately because they say the school canceled their student visas — putting their dreams of becoming pilots on indefinite hold.
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