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<P>Indonesia has cancelled the air operator’s certificate (AOC) of grounded Indonesian carrier <A href="http://www.adamair.co.id/">Adam Air</A>, putting an end to an airline that was involved in Indonesia’s most fatal crash in the last couple of years.</P> <P>Deputy director of flight standards at Indonesia’s <A href="http://dgca.nic.in/">Directorate General of Civil Aviation</A> (DGCA), Diding Sunardi, says the authority sometime around 16 June cancelled Adam Air’s AOC.</P> <P>Indonesia’s transport ministry on 18 March forced the airline to ground its entire operations because of shortcomings in the airline’s operational, training and maintenance procedures.</P> <P>Adam Air had also encountered financial problems and the carrier’s two owners were unable to agree on new funding for the cash-strapped carrier.</P> <P>Companies linked to Indonesian investment group <A href="http://www.bhakti-investama.com/main.html">Bhakti Investama</A> owned 50% of the airline while