Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of AirBlue has urged the Government to make the provisional report presented by investigation team of Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) public so as the people could know about the actual cause of the worst ever air crash incident in the country.
"The investigation team completed the probe and handed it over to government four months ago, but the government has not made it public yet," Shahid Khaqan said while talking to media here on Thursday. The investigation team completed the probe of the worst air crash in a short span of nine months and report was presented to prime minister and now it is public property, Abbasi said.
"Hiding the report of the plane crash is in nobody's interest, I wonder why the report is not being made public," Abbasi said, adding that Prime Minister should make it public and inform people about the cause of the worst air crash in which 152 people lost their lives. Abbasi said that the plane crash occurred neither due to any technical fault nor it was an act of terrorism.
Air Blue chief, who is also MNA of opposition PML-N said that the amount of preliminary aid of Rs 550,000 was paid to all the affected families of the air crash, while Rs 500,000 being paid by the government were paid to 30 to 40 families due to some matters related to documentation.
Abbasi said that Rs 5 million insurance claims per person were also paid to families of 60 deceased, while cases of 40 families are under process. Cases of 52 families are either in litigation or due to certificates is still pending and whenever these matters are resolved they would also be paid the compensation. He said that money is available, but due to some reasons there are delays.