Aerospace Diary

Posted by- Neelam Mathews April 2, 2012 The Pakistan government has approached the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) to appoint experts for inquiry into the Airblue plane crash following the Peshawar court expressing dissatisfaction over the previous inquiry report. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) had sent a letter to ICAO.A senior law officer of CAA, Ubaidur Rehman Abbasi, informed the bench that they were awaiting outcome of their request made to ICAO. The ministry of defense had last month issued a notification for appointing a board of accident inquiry into Airblue flight accident, which crashed on July 28, 2010, at Islamabad leaving 152 persons dead. The notification said that the board should exercise powers, conferred o it under the Civil Aviation Rules 1994, and furnish report to the ministry of defense within 30 days.

Neelam Mathews Oct 19, 2011 A Border Security Force (BSF) Advance Light Helicopter on anti-Naxal duty has crashed on the outskirts of Ranchi. Two pilots and a technician, were killed. The ALH   Dhruv crashed in Khunti jungle after its engine caught fire. The India Air Force has launched a rescue operation from Kalaikunda air base. The reason for the crash was not yet known. This is the fourth helicopter crash in the country within a year.