{"id":14992,"date":"2020-06-25T14:36:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T11:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/pilots-in-pakistan-airliner-crash-were-reportedly-distracted-by-coronavirus\/"},"modified":"2020-06-25T14:36:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-25T11:36:00","slug":"pilots-in-pakistan-airliner-crash-were-reportedly-distracted-by-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/pilots-in-pakistan-airliner-crash-were-reportedly-distracted-by-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"#Pilots in Pakistan airliner crash were reportedly distracted by coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Pilots in Pakistan airliner crash were reportedly distracted by coronavirus<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n The pilots of a Pakistan airliner that crashed last month, killing all 98 people aboard, were preoccupied and distracted by the coronavirus pandemic as they chatted about the bug \u2014 trying to land with the wheels still up on their first attempt, according to an initial official report about the disaster.<\/p>\n

The Pakistan International Airlines jet slammed into a residential area near Jinnah International Airport in Karachi on May 22, just days after the country lifted coronavirus restrictions and resumed domestic flights ahead of a major Muslim holiday marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan.<\/p>\n

Only two people survived the crash of the Airbus A320, which was carrying 91 passengers and eight crew members. A 13-year-old neighborhood girl was critically injured and later died in a hospital.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Pakistan\u2019s aviation minister blamed \u201chuman error\u201d by the cockpit crew as well as air-traffic controllers who saw the plane\u2019s two engines scrape the runway with a shower of sparks, but did not tell the pilots.<\/p>\n

Investigators determined that the plane was at more than twice the correct altitude when it first app<\/a>roached the runway, the report said.<\/p>\n

The badly damaged engines failed as the pilots attempted a second landing, according to the findings.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe pilot as well as the controller didn\u2019t follow the standard rules,\u201d Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan said as he announced the findings in parliament.<\/p>\n

He said the captain \u2014 who had been talking about the pandemic with the first officer \u2014 ignored instructions from the controller during the landing attempt.<\/p>\n

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A man walks near where a Pakistan International Airlines aircraft crashed in Karachi, Pakistan.<\/span>RIZWAN TABASSUM\/AFP via Getty Im<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe pilot and co-pilot were not focused and throughout they were having a conversation about coronavirus,\u201d Khan said.<\/p>\n

According to the voice recorder, the pilots had discussed the coronavirus \u2014 which had apparently affected their families \u2014 throughout the flight, the report found.<\/p>\n

The crash took place as the crew tried to land a second time and the traffic controller told the pilot three times that the aircraft was too low to land but he refused to listen, saying he would manage, Khan said.<\/p>\n

Khan told reporters later that when the plane was making an approach for a second landing it lacked enough power but the pilots \u201cstarted discussing corona again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Just minutes before the crash, the pilot declared an emergency and stated that both engines had failed, Khan said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe last words from the pilot were, \u2018Oh God! Oh God! Oh God\u2019,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Khan said the plane \u201chad no technical fault\u201d before the crash and that the extremely experienced pilots were healthy \u2014 but \u201cdue to overconfidence and lack of focus,\u201d the tragedy took place.<\/p>\n

The minister also cited a troubling review of pilot credentials, saying an investigation last year found that 262 of Pakistan\u2019s 860 active pilots had fake licenses or had cheated on exams \u2014 including an unspecified number of PIA pilots.<\/p>\n

PIA will be grounding nearly 150 out of its 426 pilots amid an inquiry that they hold \u201cdubious\u201d licenses, a company spokesman said.<\/p>\n

Qasim Qadim, a spokesman for the Pakistan Airline Pilots Association, called the accident findings \u201cmind-boggling,\u201d Agence France-Presse reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow could it happen? It just baffles me,\u201d he said. \u201cThe greatest pilots with the best records have made mistakes. Humans make mistakes.\u201d<\/p>\n

The report did not name the pilots, but a senior airline official told AFP the captain was Sajjad Gul, who joined PIA 25 years ago and had accumulated 17,000 hours of flying experience, including 4,500 hours on A320s.<\/p>\n

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Candles are lit in Karachi, Pakistan during a vigil for the victims of the Pakistan International Airlines plane crash.<\/span>ASIF HASSAN\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The secretary of the Pakistan Airline Pilots\u2019 Association told Reuters that pilots were expected to not be distracted during crucial procedures such as landing, but that other factors also should be probed for the complete report.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was pointed out the pilots were busy talking about corona, and that they may have overlooked a few things,\u201d he said, but other reasons were involved, including \u201cnot being provided proper support from air traffic control.\u201d<\/p>\n

A full report is expected to be released at the end of the year.<\/p>\n

With Post wires<\/em>\n <\/div>\n

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