China News Service, June 26th, comprehensive report that a passenger jet of Pakistan International Airlines crashed in May, killing 97 people on board. On June 24, local time, the Pakistani government issued a preliminary investigation report, saying that the pilots were distracted by the discussion of the epidemic before the accident.
On the afternoon of May 22, an Airbus A320 passenger aircraft of Pakistan International Airlines crashed in a residential area in the southern port city of Karachi. A total of 99 crew members and passengers, including 97 people were killed. The air crash also injured 17 ground personnel.
May 22, local time, Karachi, Pakistan, the scene of the plane crash.
On June 24 local time, when the Pakistani aviation minister announced the results of the investigation, he blamed the accident on the "human error" of the cockpit crew and air traffic controller.
"Neither the pilot nor the controller followed the standard rules." Aviation Secretary Gulam Sawar Khan said the captain and co-pilot had been talking about the new crown epidemic and ignored the controller’s instructions when attempting to land. The driver did not concentrate, they have been talking about the new crown virus."
According to the report, according to the recording, the pilots discussed how the new crown epidemic affected their families throughout the flight. The aviation minister said the crash occurred because the crew tried to land for the second time, and the traffic controller told the pilot three times that the plane was too low to land, but the pilot refused to obey.
According to reports, the air traffic controller allowed the plane to land without discovering that the landing gear was not extended, nor did it inform the pilot that the engine had damaged the runway.
Khan said that the aircraft had “no technical failures” before the crash and experienced pilots were also healthy, but “due to overconfidence and lack of focus”, which led to the tragedy.
On the other hand, on June 25, a spokesperson for Pakistan International Airlines said that the government’s 2019 investigation found that 150 of the 434 pilots held “falsified or suspicious licenses”, “we decided to ground these 150 immediately. Pilots with false licenses."