Court orders inspection of CNG cylinders
Traffic police told to inspect all vehicles, no matter who the owner
The Sindh High Court directed the police on Thursday to ensure that no substandard compressed natural gas (CNG) cylinders were being used in any vehicle and remove those not approved by the Hydrocarbon Development Institute of Pakistan.
A two-member bench, headed by Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, also directed the traffic police to check CNG cylinders installed in vehicles across Karachi and the Motorway DIG to inspect those fixed in automobiles being driven on motorways.
Hearing a plea pertaining to the installation of substandard cylinders in schools vans and public transport, the court also ordered the closure of workshops installing substandard CNG cylinders in vehicles.
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has rejected the Aircraft Accident Investigation Board’s (AAIB) report on the 2016 Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane crash near Havelian, saying it is based on assumptions.
In a report submitted to the Sindh High Court on Thursday, the CAA said that AAIB’s report had made assumptions and overlooked multiple technical details.
A two-member bench, headed by Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, heard the case pertaining to the PIA plane crash near Havelian.
CAA Blames PIA
In a detailed reply to AAIB’s report, the CAA’s Director Airworthiness stated that the findings of the inquiry report had been finalized without evaluation of the international civil aviation safety oversight system in general and Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) airworthiness surveillance mechanism and system in particular.
Report on PIA jet crash based on assumptions: CAA
ATR aircraft, which crashed near Havelian, was inspected eight times between Aug 2015 and Nov 2016, court told
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KARACHI:
The Aircraft Accident Investigation Board s (AAIB s) report on the December 2016 Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane crash near Havelian is based on assumptions and overlooks multiple technical details, stated a report submitted by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to the Sindh High Court on Thursday.
A two-member bench, headed by Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, was presented the report during the hearing of a plea pertaining to the plane crash near Havelian.
According to the report, the ATR 42-500 aircraft, which nosedived in Abbottabad in 2016, resulting in 47 fatalities, had been inspected eight times between August 2015 and November 2016.