Pakistan

Search for black box is still on: Malik

The crashed aircraft’s black box is yet to be found, Interior Minister Rehman Malik told reporters on Thursday.

Zahid Gishkori July 30, 2010

ISLAMABAD: The crashed aircraft’s black box is yet to be found, Interior Minister Rehman Malik told reporters on Thursday.

Speaking at the Aabpara Community Center Islamabad, Malik said that rescue teams had been at it since Thursday morning. “It was almost impossible to find it on Thursday due to unfavourable weather conditions.”

Defending the government’s rescue operation, Malik said that the authorities were faced by one of the worst ever airline incidents in Pakistan’s history. “It was a complete and successful rescue operation. All departments are working to extract crucial information that will help determine the cause of the crash,” he said.

However, clearing his position, he said that investigating the crash was not within the ambit of the interior ministry and that they had volunteered to assist in the probe only because the plane had crashed within the jurisdiction of Islamabad. “The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and the Ministry of Defence are conducting a probe.”

Published in The Express Tribune, July 30^th, 2010.

COMMENTS (4)

Sultan Ahmed. | 14 years ago | Reply It is a horrible tragic air crash in which over hundred lost their lives it effected the whole nation whole nation has become a pic of condolence. The air crash never happened in Pakistan before has mentally tortured shocked all including interior minister He was mentally upset for a while so stated wrong in the first instance. Please patience,as for as ''BLACK BOX"" is concerned the persons are in search would find it out very soon. It is not a matter it subject to struggle. The pointed place is tough area. Selected team has gone there would come back with success then there is expectation some hidden things to surface, pleas wait.

Hira Shah | 14 years ago | Reply i am shocked at how this matter is being handled. why is there so much grey marea? it proves that nothing is tranperant in this investigation

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Ali | 14 years ago | Reply hi, They found even purse and everything...why not that orange coloured black box.one thing more I want to share that black box produces sounds for 30 days...

Mirza Shahbaz Baig | 14 years ago | Reply Sir, On the first day it was told that the **Black Box** of that crashed plane has been found and it has been sent to somewhere place for decodind all over the data and recordinds from it, but on the next day it was announced by all the media groups and also by **Mr. Rehman Malik** that the search for **Black Box** is still in process. I have a question that if they found it then why they are hiding such information from public? It means that the airline or the Government is involved in it.

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