Later, the team visited the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) headquarters where they were given a detailed briefing on the ongoing investigation by the Aircraft Accident and Investigation Board’s (AAIB) four-member investigation team.ĭuring the briefing, the investigators were briefed on the black box and voice data recorder recovered from the crash site. They underwent the coronavirus precautionary measures in place at the airport and were all cleared to proceed.

The French experts immediately started their investigation after reaching the terminal on a special flight from Toulouse. The France-based Airbus company also announced its own inquiry into the crash and sent a team of experts to Karachi on Tuesday. The Pakistan government immediately notified a four-member investigating team, headed by Air Commodore Usman Ghani. Eighty-nine passengers and eight crew members on board died in the crash while two passengers survived miraculously. Investigation into Friday’s air crash in Karachi got under way as the 11-member team of the Airbus, the manufacturer of the ill-fated aircraft, visited the crash site while domestic investigators recorded the statement of Air controllers, who pinned the blame on the pilot.Īn A320 of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) crashed in the Model Colony neighbourhood of Karachi, while approaching for landing at Quaid-e-Azam International Airport on May 22.

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