Lawmakers in the Balochistan Assembly voiced deep frustration over what they called unprecedented and unfair spikes in airfares charged by Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) and private carriers on flights originating from Quetta.
Pakistan International Airlines’ sartorial advisory to its staff (asking them to wear undergarments) has attracted global attention and inquiries asking if it was fake.
Analysis of the digital flight data recorder indicated that the aircraft's Engine 1 was degraded.
Earlier, the European Union had banned PIA flights while other airlines that employ Pakistani pilots and engineers had de-restored them pending investigations into the validity of their licences.
The 262 pilots - 109 commercial and 153 airline transport pilots - were grounded on Friday, pending conclusion of inquiries against them.
A day after the incident, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) had notified an investigation team headed by its Aircraft Accident and Investigation Board (AAIB) President Air Commodore Usman Ghani
A four-member team of the Aircraft Accident and Investigation Board (AAIB) led by Air Commodore Muhammad Usman Ghani has already been investigating the crash.
The flight was coming from Lahore to Karachi after the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) allowed limited resumption of domestic flights last month following weeks of lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The national flag carrier's PK-8303 tragedy on Friday, in which 97 people were killed and two miraculously survived, is one of the most catastrophic aviation disasters in the country's history.
The onus for ensuring that every aircraft that takes to the Indian skies on Monday is fully fit lies on the airlines and the maintenance companies, but ultimately on DGCA.
