Investigation report blames pilot for Bhoja Air crash
According to the investigation report, the co-pilot of the plane kept telling pilot Noorullah Afridi to “go round” and “pull”, but the pilot tried landing the plane even in bad weather.
The pilot knew about the bad weather condition before the plane took off from Karachi and even saw it on the radar around 50 miles away from Islamabad, said sources.
The pilot was also given multiple warnings by the Air Control Tower regarding the weather.
As the pilot tried to land the plane, it got caught in a “downdraft” and crashed within 30-40 seconds. The plane caught fire after it crashed, added sources.
The report added that the aircraft had no technical faults.
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@Zafar Iqbal Wing Commander Rtd: bhoja airline aircraft reg no AP-BKC and shaheen airline aircraft reg no AP-BHC. this posible mr bhoja parchase shaheen airline aircraft. 10 years old grounded aircraft no this is not posible. plz think about it.
@Zafar Iqbal Wing Commander Rtd: mr zafar no body knows whats going on bhoja airline.
no body knows whats going on bhoja airlines. first i tell you bhoja aircraft reg no AP-BKC. and shaheen airline aircraft reg no AP-BHC. how is posible bhoja purchase 10 year old grouded aircraft for airline operation. AP-BKC aircraft manufac 1981. this aircraft is ok and good condition for flight. bus nature no body knows. thankx...........
@Naina:
I visited the crash site personally about 18 hours after the crash. There were no signs of fire whatsoever. The wings contain the fuel tank and these were intact and undamaged. There was no evidence any where for fire on any part of the plane.
The plane went down due to CLOUDBURST. The pilot , who was my friend, should have clearly steered well clear of the huge cumulonimbus cloud and diverted to Lahore. Perhaps the people waiting to receive the first Bhoja air flight played on his mind...and the fact that he truly had flown without any serious incidents in his life contributed to his "FEEL Safe" mental attitude.
Bhoja was grounded for very unsafe flying practices, and should not have allowed to get a license again. But what about Air Blue. The pilot there played havoc with all the procedures and treated his good co-pilot as dirt. He really assassinated the passengers. His experience proved worthless. His kicking away his co-pilot's pleading are unpardonable to say the least. Of course the ATC and radar controllers should have shouted at him very aggressively, but they did not prove equal to the task...poor training, as far as I know.
we need to do a lot to ensure safe flying in Pakistan...as need to do so much more everywhere else in our beloved country.
One thing this report did not mention was the fact that the witnesses saw the aircraft on fire way BEFORE it hit the ground. Do they have an explanation for that??? The aircrafts are built to withstand bad weather conditions, the plane could not catch fire just like that!! We need an honest, unbiased report !!!
I'm absolutely disgusted after reading this investigation report. To be very honest, I'm not surprised at all. It was expected that the pilot would be blamed for this fatal crash. One thing these pathetic sick people failed to mention is that every crash is occured due to a "chain of events". No single reason is enough to bring down a huge aircraft. Bhoja Air had ceased its operations in the early 2000s due to 'financial problems'. There must have been something wrong with the airliner, which is why it was grounded until 2011. I hope the ban on Bhoja Air is never lifted. And for those who approved it to go back in business, for heavens sake, STOP PLAYING WITH PEOPLE'S LIVES!!!! Next crash could involve one of your family member, so please DO YOUR JOB RIGHT!!
According to the senario, any report can be changed. The report and the details should be captured as international alway been telecasted on the Discovery channel. Truth should be shown for the sake of further craches God for bid. I think there is some think hidden. First officer could also force to sake the lives. Plance was not in the condition to fly. And then weather also not good. If there could be good plance then might be saved. regards
I respect the comments made by various people on this blog. I would like to highlight a few facts 1) All data in Voice Recorder and Data Recorder was intact 2) After the decoding the same the experts from USA visited Islamabad and recreated the Aircraft to corroborate their findings 3) The official report is still awaited and will be officially issued which will contain full details 4) Let us not forget that CAA is not alone in this but these are joint findings along with NTSB and Boeing Reps 5) This was not inaugural flight to Islamabad as has been reported in various section of Press
O yeh .. blame the dead guy so all the living can carry on with their lives without any hassel...
I don't think this report can explains the two landing after and before the crash was the weather ok for those flight and if the pilot knew about the weather before takeoff then why was flight allowed to take off and I think you all should know the employees of the air traffic control where on strike new comer are not trained for bad weather because they don't have enough experience then why the debate on old or new pilot. It's easy to blame the dead and get on with their lives. It's a unsatisfying report which could be improved if you are really loyal to your job. It's unfortunate that in our country we all can stand against load shedding but not against drone attacks. So who will take stand against this one report!
Its a DejaVu... The same wordings that were used fro the AirBlue crash approx 23 months ago. Pilot error, pilot ignoring the control tower warnings, uncooperative attitude of the senior pilot...never fault of anyone else... has the so called investigators checked the maintenance record of the plane, the quantity of fuel present in the plane allowing it to divert it to Lahore, the competence of control tower and radar personnel, the correct functioning of the aircraft radar system and its correct reporting etc? Has the investigators also checked, how could an airline declared defaulter was again given permission to fly under shady deals? arent these any good reasons for the investigators? and the only excuse they found is that the pilot slammed it right into the weather? blame the pilot coz he's dead... and let the others make merry coz they are alive.
The same was told in Airblue Crash report. All crashes in Pakistan happen because of stubborn pilots. Why does CAA even bother to provide a report for this!
Basically he was afridi!!
is this the conclusion then , pilot erred and people lost their lives, what about the plane itself why it was allowed to fly , wasn't it an old plane and was never have been used in the first place, who approved it to get flying. PIA plane landed just minutes before. pilot knows that weather is rough in islamabad when he was still in karachi, blaming pilot means that we will never answer these questions and this will help us to close this case.
@A H Khan: i've been into Aviation industry too, dealing with militaries & commercial airlines...including our beloved national flag career and private airlines, you might be serving well within your parameters but not everyone in Pakistan does. Interacting with quality & technical depts of PIA,AIRBLUE,BHOJA, CAA PAKISTAN and knowing many from top to bottom i can easily say that with the type of standards maintained our planes are flying thats no less than a miracle.
so i'd request that pull your horses before you starting showering the audience here with your expertise furthermore.
Tauba. Never take the blame. Never accept that you were responsible for it. Why would the pilot risk the lives of 127 people including his own? The plane was not adequate to fly - when will these so call authorities start accepting their responsibility?
If a pilot hired by Bhoja Air is at fault, its the fault of Bhoja Air for hiring such a stubborn pilot. 127 killed are at the hands of Bhoja Air not at the hands of this pilot, who knows how much sleep deprived he might have been.
@Fahd N: i don't know how much you know about flying but if the atc told him about weather and he still went for visual approach then he has to be blamed 100% and these decisions are made by the captain and also most of the crashes i would say 90% are pilot error not aircraft if it is maintained well.
The question is did someone from "Bhoja Air" marketing pressurize the pilot into making the "first" flight to Islamabad successful?
.Always conspiracy theory , when the CAA giving there report regarding accident accept it. Or if you think there are some thing wrong collect the money and hire the lawyer .
best thing about comments. Everyone believes they are the expert.
''The pilot was also given multiple warnings by the Air Control Tower regarding the weather.'' no such statement was mentioned when the crash actually took place about 'Warnings' from control tower, and air crafts were landing even after the crash at Islamabad Air Port. Seems Bhoja Air Owners are doing Malik Riaz thingy by buying the right people at right price ! Hope they will get back whatthey deserve from almighty,in terms of their family memebers, Ameen
and Even Air Blue Report came out after Bhoja accident , what took it so long ? and why it is in Peshawar High Court , may be a Judge is friend to Air Blue owners ?
Bhoja is closed and over 500 people are now jobless. Well done, Mr. Rehman Malik and FIA. If this was the case, who ordered the closure of Bhoja?
@Zamir: Yes, they are flying all over the world. Mostly in Africa, where they have highest rate of aviation accidents. Why do we never try to be the best, always just like everyone else. I pity the fool.
I see a lot of air crash investigations on TV channels. Most of the times, even in those very developed countries, their experts (the real EXPERTS) take months or even years to solve on plane crash and usually an entire sequence of events is found to be responsible for the accident. And almost every accident is ensued by many preventive measures to take air travel to new levels of safety. But here, our supreme experts took just a couple of months and straightforwardly blamed a dead man without any rational justification. You gotta feel sad for Pakistanis.
its apity everybody blames the pilot same case with Air Blue they blame pilot you should check with civil avations authorities how they got the permission of this old aircraft
although it is premiture to comment on the bhooja air crash report as officially neither CAA nor the Ministery of defence has so for released the report but never the less according to the media piolot has to been blamed for the tregic accident which swollow 127 price less lives.i must add here that Pakistan CAA needs complete overhauling and re structuring as there are confirmed media reports that CAA is being governed by depotationests and contract officers who as per my own 35 years CAA experience never bother to boost or devalop skils of caa staff and permanent staff but they always tought about their own perks and allownces.at the moment as per my own information over 60 percent seniour posts are filed on acting or officiating charge by jonior officers and rest are being handled by depotationests and contract offiers.How an organisation which is suposed to look after and should be responsible for the safty and security of air passengers and aircrafts can run smoothly and efficiantely by these acting charge and depotationest officers.Being e c ex officerof CAA i must add that there are dozens of regular officers and staff working in CAA can run this esteemed organisation better then others if provided a chance.
As long as the investigating authority is not independent, the result of the investigation will be pilot error. As always a waste of time and effort when the conclusion was already known. Who would believe in such an investigation anyway?
How easy it is to blame a dead man...
I wont believe on the results of this investigation. The owner of the airline is very influential and i see it as a ploy to save the airline. Shame!
Can CAA release the Cockpit voice recorder tapes to public?
wow... some really technical aircraft technicians and engineers sitting in this forum... better leave the 'experts' to sort out this mess... i think there's a saying that goes like: 'the jack of all trades but a master of none'... suits this lot quite perfectly... and before anyone asks... yes i have a background in commercial aviation... yes i have been in the technical side... yes i have served with the national flag carrier... maintenance is not taken lightly in any airline... that's why there are technical delays... to get people safely from one point to another without crashing... else the pilot can run the aircraft on a single engine and try and land it at the destination... sadly it is our habit to put our noses in other people's business and try and pick everything apart with conspiracy theories and whatnot when in fact the answer is right there...
Its an irony about our "investigation reports". They always find the dead guilty. This covers the rear of authorities responsible.
Why was the 1984 model aircraft allowed to fly. The aircraft lightning standards were introduced in 1987 and all the planes built prior to 1987 were hazardous.
Why don't this government blame BB for her murder as well, to make life easy for investigators and the government?
So sad, 2 crashes in islamabad vacinity both due to neglegence of pilots and poor weather...we can blame an old plan but question is was plane fell down because of machine failure or human error...as report says it was human error to some extent because in old models down drift specially while landing is untraceable... There was an accident blamed on down draft during landing in USA ... But its a shame that both experienced pilots ignored the warnings n its our culture of making mistakes n blaming God....
They have the black box that says that the pilot ignored the orders. Whatelse do you people want???
Blame the dead for the deaths so that there are no questions. Sounds legit.
@Zamir: you may be right about the aircraft not being too old, but its more the lack of maintenance and pre-flight checks that downs most aircrafts, if not the pilot's mistake
In extreme conditions, the runways are closed and planes are diverted to other airports but this airport was open and functioning. Warning was given but landing was permitted. The pilot took chance to save further expenses of airline. The blame is entirely on airline authorities who influence pilots to take chances for profits.
"Blame the corpses"... an easier way to get out of jail.
Infact the plane wasn't technically fit to fly and resulted in this we can't put the blame on pilot as he wasnt trying to attempt a suicide or intend to kill anyone.its very easy to raise fingers on a person who also lost his life ignoring the fact that he was highly experienced and had several years of flying experience. still the culprits are waiting to take other innocent lives. I am also waiting for justice and transparent investigation as i lost my loving father in this crash.
Any investigation into why he ignored the warning? It's not his personal liking to ignore them. The truth is that in Pakistan the pilots of these budget airlines are forced to stick to schedule by the management.
@MHZ: All over the world even DC-10s are in service so this aircraft is not as old as people are saying. All around the world 70 percent of the time Pilots mistake plunder the aircraft and same happened here.
Knew it.. Always the pilot.. Easiest escape goat.. Else any other reason means CAA leadership, corrupt officials and poor quality of management/owners has to face the justice..
Sad and totally corrupt..
Well, that was expected. put the blame on the dead and no one is responsible. nothing about the rotting aircraft or bribing officials to pass the aircraft as fit to fly. Its always the same everywhere you see. like those who get killed in Police encounters are found guilty of half the crimes in that town from robberies and murders to rape incidents sweeping the faults and bads away with them
Yeah there is a difference in driving a truck and piloting an Aircraft.
Blame the pilot and end the story..... WTH !!! No comments regarding how old the plane was and any other factor leading to this disaster. If this type of attitude continues then,God forbid, its not long that some of us are part of next plane crash
The pilot of Bhoja Air wanted to make the first flight to Islamabad a successful trip but he ignored all warnings resulting in crash of aircraft as well as precious human lives.
What about the insurance?
Did Bhoha Air piad compensation to the legal heirs of the deceased passengers?
Just because of that stubborn pilot , 127 people lost their lifes .. what a pity