Bhoja crash investigation: Conversation record between pilot and tower sealed

ISLAMABAD: The investigation of the Bhoja Airline’s crash is underway and the record of conversation between the pilot and control tower has been sealed.

According to sources, initial investigations reveal that the plane had caught fire before it crashed which may have been caused by bad weather and lighting striking the plane. The plane had lost contact with the control tower prior to the crash.

The four member team constituted by Defence Secretary Nargis Sethi is being led by experienced civil aviation official Mujahid Islam and other members include Kabir Khan, Dr Ijaz and Imanullah Alvi.

The plane’s black box recovered from the site of the crash has been handed over to the head of the investigation team. Meanwhile the Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority has also arrived in Islamabad.

The control of the crash site has been handed over by the army to civil authorities.