Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan, While addressing in the National Assembly said that the initial report of Pakistan International Airlines(PIA) clearly states that it was a human error, Pilots and Air Traffic Control(ATC) to be at fault for not following set procedures.
The PIA Airbus A320 crashed last month in Karachi's Model Colony, 1km before landing, killing all 99 onboard except 2, PK-8303 crashed while attempting to land for the second time.
According to Khan, there was no technical fault in the plane and both the pilots were medically fit to fly. He added that data from the Digital Flight Data Recorder (DFDR) and Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) was decoded in the presence of foreign experts.
"According to the report, the plane was 100 per cent fit for flying. It had no technical fault. Flights were suspended due to corona, the plane took its first flight on May 7 and the crash happened on May 22. In between, it completed six flights successfully; five to and from Karachi and one to Sharjah.
Khan further said 40% of our pilots have fake licences. There are 860 active pilots in the country, he said, adding that of these 860, 262 pilots did not even take their exams themselves.
The CAA letter said the duty approach controller had raised a non-compliance report in respect of the pilot of PK-8303. It claimed that the pilot was warned twice about his speed and high altitude for approach but he did not follow.
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