A team, under Senior Investigation Officer Mujahid Islam, has begun transcribing the conversation held between the pilot and the co-pilot of the Boeing 737-200 aircraft before it crashed.
The statements of Mukhtar, an on-duty worker at the Radar at the time of the crash, have also been recorded.
Initial investigations had revealed that the plane was at a height of 2,000 feet instead of 2,800 feet at the time of landing.
It is being investigated why Mukhtar did not inform the pilot regarding the plane’s height and its change in direction, and why did he not transfer the information to the Air Traffic Control tower.
The Bhoja Air flight from Karachi had burst into flames after coming down in fields near a village on the outskirts of Islamabad as it tried to land in rain and hail at the city’s international airport on April 20, 2012.
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In my opinion this tragedy can be summed up in the following manner. The primary reason for the crash was the weather. The secondary reason was the faulty decision to continue to land despite being warned of the weather. And the tertiary reason was the company policy of such budget airlines, which discourage their pilot from making diversions, as it involves additional expenditure. The age and the air worthiness of aircraft could be factor, but apparently had been cleared to operate by CAA. In the end I can only say that we, as a nation, are victims of the prevailing political and professional culture.
The Airblue one also decoded in time. The Crash Investigation Report had been made public already. Visit Pakistan CAA (Civil Aviation Authority) website. Its available there. @Critique: Do some research before making such casual remarks/statements.
It took just one month to decode this black box, but ages to decode the Air Blue one?
@nadz: True that the investigation will not bring your father back but at least it might prevent several other fathers and loved ones to perish in the future due to lapses in our system.
@nadz: our condolences with u and ur family!!
There's no need for any investigaton its clear that all are culprits here, at the end of any investigation, weather will be the main reason and those responsible,careless people will be free to take other innocent lives. There's nothing in this world that can bring my Father back. Nadia! Daughter of Mr Nihal uddin Alvi.(Bhoja air crash Victim)