New Delhi, April 2 -- The Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas fleet is expected to resume flying by Wednesday after being grounded for some time following a crash linked to issues in the braking system, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Chairman and Managing Director Dr DK Sunil said in New Delhi on Thursday.

Sunil said the required clearance process is underway and the fleet could soon return to operations once certain checks are completed.

"The good news is that for the Tejas fleet, the LMC is done, there is a local modification committee civil action there, which looks at this, so we expect this clearance by Wednesday, the fleet will start flying," Sunil said.

He added that specific one-time checks have been issued for the aircraft ...