A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) official has informed the SindhHigh Court (SHC) that all six ATR aircraft of the national flag carrierwould be grounded by August 3, 2021.
The official gave this assurance to a two-member bench of the SHC,comprising Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Amjad Ali Sahito, whenthey inquired about the measures taken to prevent plane crashes.——————————
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The bench was hearing a case related to the investigations into the ATRcrash in December 2016 that took 47 lives, including Junaid Jamshed. Thebench also demanded the inspection report of the aircraft from airvigilance authorities.
The counsel replied that the petitioner had submitted some documents at thelast hearing, and the PIA had also submitted its reply on those documents.
Reply submitted by PIA comprises documents that have already been submitted[to the court], and the photocopies of the same have been submitted again.
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During the hearing, Justice Mazhar asked as to what steps have the nationalcarrier taken so far to avoid such crashes. The official said that theairline is going to ground all its ATRs by August 3.
The PIA representative apprised the court that currently, 20 of the PIA’splanes are operational, and all of them are regularly inspected by theCivil Aviation Authority.
