Tuesday, September 06, 2011
It was alarming to hear the news of engine failure of two Pakistan International Airlines aircraft. The ATR planes, which were recently inducted in the PIA, have a good safety record the world over. The reason for these failures will be known in due course. It is, however, important that the maintenance and quality control standards of our national carrier are reorganised. It will only become possible if the cause factors of these failures are not conveniently labelled ‘material failures’.
The chances of human error, whether in terms of maintenance standards, logistics (procurement of parts or fuel quality) or even flight operations must be impartially looked into. Some best practices are being compromised, which can bear catastrophic results if not investigated or addressed honestly.
Muhammad Zeeshan
Wah Cantt
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