AirBlue jet down in Islamabad

[saadm80]

Will try to ask Airbus Rep here in Qatar, I hope soo he has some insights, Because i am sure the Truth will never come out, and 1 year has passed till now "Conspiracy Theories" are a Hot Subject in AIRBLUE Crash....

[Abbas Ali]

AirBlue Flight ED-202 Memorial Site

JULY 28, 2011 - Video stills of AirBlue accident memorial site located close to Daman-e-Koh at foothills of Margalla hill range near aircraft crash site. The memorial was unveiled on accident's first anniversary on July 28, 2011.

Steps lead to this memorial site where black granite wall is engraved with names of crash victims.

152 trees have been planted in memory of 152 victims of this tragic air crash at the memorial site. Instead of invidual names simple number tags were seen attached to the newly planted trees.


Steps leading to memorial site.




Wall engraved with names of crash victims.




One of 152 trees planted at memorial site with a number tag attached to it to represent one of 152 people who died in this accident.





Abbas

[cashy]

Geo FIR programme related to Airblue Accident, compensation & Investigations of other air accidents

[Abbas Ali]

According to following news report, AirBlue CEO supports public release of flight ED-202 accident report.

Hiding Report of AirBlue Crash in Nobody’s Interest: CEO

ISLAMABAD: Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of AirBlue has urged the Government to make the provisional report presented by investigation team of Civil Aviation Auhtority (CAA) public so as the people could know about the actual cause of the worst ever air crash incident in the country.

“The investigation team completed the probe and handed it over to government four months ago, but the government has not made it public yet,” Shahid Khaqan said while talking to media here on Thursday.

The investigation team completed the probe of the worst air crash in a short span of nine months and report was presented to prime minister and now it is public property, Abbasi said.

“Hiding the report of the plane crash is in nobody’s interest, I wonder why the report is not being made public,” Abbasi said, adding that Prime Minister should make it public and inform people about the cause of the worst air crash in which 152 people lost their lives.

Abbasi said that the plane crash occurred neither due to any technical fault nor it was an act of terrorism.

AirBlue Chief, who is also Member National Assembly (MNA) of opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) said that the amount of preliminary aid of Rs. 550,000 was paid to all the affected families of the air crash, while Rs. 500,000 being paid by the government were paid to 30 to 40 families due to some matters related to documentation.

Abbasi said that Rs. 5 million insurance claims per person were also paid to families of 60 deceased, while cases of 40 families are under process. Cases of 52 families are either in litigation or due to certificates is still pending and whenever these matter are resolved they would also be paid the compensation. He said that money is available, but due to some reasons there are delays.

Source: ‘Business Recorder' (July 29, 2011 edition)

[meekal ahmed]

This is a very brave statement by the CEO and deserves to be commended. He obviously knows what caused the accident even if (and I am making a huge leap of faith here) it implicates the airline.

[raihans]

Whether the Airblue management or at least the CEO aware of this report and the actual cause of crash? Just curious

[Shahab]

A very brave statement indeed. Having ruled out technical fault and terrorism, only thing left is pilot error.

[Adnan Anwar]

If the airline has the Provisional report, then Shahid Khaqan Abbasi can issue the report from the airline. Why Afraid?

[Abbas Ali]

As the AirBlue crash report is prepared by Pakistan government-run CAA so I think AirBlue cannot release details of CAA report.

I believe only Pakistan CAA or Pakistan Goverment is authorized to make this report public.

Similarly, Flight Data Recorder/Cockpit Voice Recorder decoding process was completed in France but apparently French BEA is not allowed to release its comments on FDR/CVR decoding results. This was told to me by a French friend.

Only Pakistani authorities (CAA or Pakistan Government) can release FDR/CVR decoding results to news media/public.

Abbas

[Fazal_SKIES]

I think CVR tape and FDR decoding remain the property of Airliner after investigation. No matter it was investigated by CAA of other. Airblue is authorised to made this report public as per aviation laws..
But everything is possible in this situation where every day comes with hundreds of anonymous death warrents.....!!!

[Abbas Ali]

Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) advertisement in July 31, 2011, newspaper.

Financial Assistance for the Families of Passengers of AirBlue flight ED-202 Crashed on 28th July, 2010 at Margallah Hills, Islamabad.

This advertisement is in continuation of the same published on 10th September, 2010, by Joint Secretary (Aviation) / Chairman Compensation Committee, Ministry of Defence. Government of Pakistan, Rawalpindi.

The families of the air crash victims/legal heirs are hereby once again advised to furnish respective Succession Certificates along with share of each legal heir issued by a competent legal forum at the following address:

The Director (Corporate Affairs)
M/s AirBlue, 12th floor, Islamabad Stock Exchange Tower.
Phone: 051-2800176 Ext: 403

The families of the air crash victims/legal heirs are also requested to contact Director (Corporate Affairs) M/s AirBlue and General Manager Aero Medical, Headquarters Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority on the following two telephone number mentioned against each to discuss the problems with specific reference to preparation of succession certificate or any other related problem for grant of compensation announced by the Prime Minister of Pakistan:

a) Miss Sadia Muhammad, Director (Corporate Affairs) / Member Compensation Committee. M/s AirBlue, Islamabad.
Phone: 051-111-247-258, Ext: 419, 415, Fax: 051-2895300

b) Dr. Afzal Bughio, GM Aero Medical / Member Compensation Committee. Headquarters Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority, Aero Medical Centre. Jinnah International Air Port (JIAP), Karachi.
Phone: 021-99242753, 021-99072752, Fax: 021-34604308

Dr. Afzal Bughio
General Manager Aero Medical / Member Compensation Committee



Pakistan CAA advertisement that was given in September 10, 2010, newspaper.



Abbas

[meekal ahmed]

It is very brave of the CEO to say the report should be published. Maybe he is saying that because he is absolutely sure it won't?!

[H Khan]

The Prime Minister of Pakistan has been please to grant Rs 500,000...

Next time an elected government its minister or the prime minister falls prey to some unfortunate 'incident' the people of Pakistan will be pleased to grant them no mercy!

Idiots!

[Abbas Ali]

Investigation Report of AirBlue Accident Presented to Prime Minister

AUGUST 3, 2011 - According to local news channels, investigation report of AirBlue accident has been presented to Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani and he was briefed about the report which has been prepared by Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Safety Investigation Board.

Prime Minister has approved sending this report to aircraft maker Airbus under international recommended procedures. Opinion of Airbus on this report is sought/expected in next 60 days, according to Pakistani news channels.

I think copies of this report will also be sent to aviation companies and bodies like aircraft engine maker International Aero Engines (IAE), BEA-France and NTSB to get their opinion.

All this seems like useless time wasting and delaying tactics to make people, with the passage of time, forget their demand for the public release of completed investigation report.

PTV August 3, 2011, 9:00PM 'Khabarnama' news report.


Abbas

[Salman Haider]

Presentation to PM on Air Blue aircraft crash

ISLAMABAD, Aug 3 (APP): Safety Investigation Board presented the investigation report of Air Blue Flight ABQ-202 to the Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani and briefed him in detail about the events which led to the unfortunate accident.

The Prime Minister approved the dispatch of the investigation report for comments to the states of Manufacture and Design which is requirement of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). The comments from these States are to be received within a period of 60 days.

The Prime Minister directed that while we wait for the comments from the concerned states, necessary safety related directives must be issued to all concerned to ensure the safety of lives and equipment.

The Prime Minister was also apprised on the progress of payment of compensation to the affected families. The Prime Minister expressed his concern on the slow pace of compensation and directed that the process including codal formalities be expedited to help the affected families.

Minister for Defence Ch. Ahmad Mukhtar, Secretary Defence Lt Gen (Retd) Athar Ali, Deputy Chief of Air Staff (Operations) Air Marshal Muhammad Hasan, Additional Secretary Defence Major General Raja Arif Nazir and DG CAA Air Marshal (Retd) Khalid Chaudhry were also present at the presentation.