Black box from Margalla crash sent for decoding

The black box from the Airblue crash in Margalla has been sent to France for decoding.


Express August 10, 2010

The black box of  Airblue plane that crashed in Margalla Hills has been sent to France for decoding.

Civil Aviation officials said that the actual cause of the plane crash will be known after decoding the black box. A five-member French investigation team has returned to France along with four important parts of the crashed plane.

The air traffic control record of the Airblue plane will also be a part of the investigation process.

A five-member Pakistani team headed by Air Commodore Khwaja Majeed has left for France and will assist in the decoding process.

Sources said the decoding process will take more than six months.

COMMENTS (5)

Ali Haider | 13 years ago | Reply When you have a parchi-guy as the head of your national carrier and other related organizations, his relatives. Who do you think would care to encourage the setup of a black-box-decoder in Pakistan? The decoder essentially is a tape reader but why work for the advancement of the country when you can get a Land Cruiser for the same money? Does not make sense.
Mir Tassadaq | 13 years ago | Reply What will the 5 member team led by Air Comm Khawaja do in France, other than have a holiday on the poor passengers account, who pay taxes to CAA, so that they employ the best skilled experts with experience in commercial aviation. Instead CAA has become the favorite rehabilitation joint for retired airforce and army aviation pilots, who are unaware of what commercial aviation is and hence unable to regulate the airlines. These johnies were unable to find the Flight Recorder or CVR for more than 50 hrs, although the debris was spread on an area of under 800Sq yards. It was only found when the Airbus team arrived. The Air Comm could have gone alone for liason, because the decoding will be done by the French experts. They have no role to play in decoding the Black Box. The job of investigators will start only after the decoding has been done and CVR audio is available. It took them over 11 days to send the FDR and CVR to France, so you can be rest assured there is no hurry as far as they are concerned. This investigation seems to be heading for the same fate, given the callous role of investigators, their lack of skills and experience. A cover up is inevitable if this team is allowed to have their say. After all the CAA's ATC controllers, Radar Controllers, Ground Landing facilities at Islamabad are also liable to be at fault.It was the CAA which gave licences to pilots of Air Blue and AOC to the airline. They are also responsible for quality control of maintenance and its regulation.
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