'The pilot as well as the controller didn't follow the standard rules,' Pakistan's aviation minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan told the Parliament while presenting the findings of the report.
The President also urged people to "observe social distancing, wear masks and wash their hands so that they can keep themselves, their families and friends safe" from COVID-19.
His miraculous survival has brought smiles on the faces of his relatives in Amroha city to which he originally belongs.
Pakistan has a chequered aviation safety record, with frequent plane and helicopter crashes over the years.
