Instead of brushing it under the carpet, for face saving. We need to rectify this, so we can avoid further incidents like Karachi Airbus crash.
For a long time PIA has become a 'ghar ki londi' for PLMN and PPP. That vermin Mushadullah is still against firing these fake pilots, his entire family served in PIA. He himself was employed at PIA on political basis. PALPA is controlled by PPP, they directly interfere with workings of PIA through unions.
Instead of getting embarrassed we need to deal with an iron fist. Sadly these fake pilots and political appointees enjoy judicial protection.
Pilots Discussed Coronavirus, Ignoring Alerts Before Pakistan Crash, Officials Say
The pilots ignored repeated warnings that they were flying too high approaching Karachi’s airport, and failed to lower the landing gear, according to a preliminary report.
The pilots of a Pakistani airliner that crashed last month in Karachi were busy talking about the coronavirus and repeatedly ignored directions from air traffic controllers before their plane went down, killing 98 people, Pakistan’s aviation minister said Wednesday.
The Pakistan International Airlines pilots also ignored automated warnings in the cockpit and failed to lower the landing gear, causing the plane’s engines to hit the runway, according to a preliminary report on the crash.
The aviation minister, Ghulam Sarwar Khan, said air traffic controllers warned three times that the plane was flying too high on its approach to the runway at Karachi’s airport and directed it not to land.
“But the pilot ignored these warnings,” he said.
The plane was carrying military officers, executives and bankers on a flight from the eastern city of Lahore to Karachi on May 22 when it crashed into a residential area. Many passengers were headed to the port city to reunite with family members for the Eid al-Fitr holiday after being in lockdown for two months.
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“The pilots were discussing corona throughout the flight,” Mr. Khan said. “They were not focused.”
“When the control tower told the pilot about the plane’s dangerous height, the pilot said ‘I’ll manage’ and the pilots started discussing coronavirus again,” the minister added during a hearing at the National Assembly in Islamabad, the capital. “There was overconfidence.”
a preliminary government report on the May 22 crash, air traffic controllers warned the pilots about the plane’s “excessive height” as it prepared to land, “but landing approach was not discontinued.”
Ten nautical miles from the runway, when the plane should have been at 2,500 feet altitude, it was at 7,200, Mr. Khan said.
The landing gear was not down at the time of the attempted landing, the report said.
“The aircraft touched the runway surface on its engines,” it said. “Flight crew applied reverse engine power and initiated a braking action. Both engines scrubbed the runway at various locations, causing damage to both of them.”
The pilot pulled the airliner back up into the air to execute a “go-around.” But irreparable damage had already been done to both engines, causing them to fail. The plane was unable to stay aloft and crashed into a residential neighborhood, bursting into a huge fireball.
The crash damaged 29 houses, and the government will compensate the residents for their losses, the minister said.
