Canadian crew says they were jailed after reporting suspected contraband on Dominican Republic flight

A pilot from Antigonish, N.S., wants more people to pay attention to what’s happening to his friends and colleagues who are detained in the Dominican Republic after millions of dollars worth of cocaine was found on their plane.

On April 5, the Pivot Airlines crew was thrown in jail after drugs were found in multiple duffel bags. Carl Falsnes knows some of the crew from working at a different airline. He’s close friends with Aatif Safdar, a pilot from Hamilton, Ont.

Pivot is a privately owned charter airline based in Toronto.

“I check our chat group and our feed every day wondering what is going on with these guys. Aatif has a young