ISLAMABAD (eTN) – The Safety Investigation Board presented an investigation report of AirBlue Flight ABQ-202 to Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday and briefed him in detail about the events that led to the unfortunate accident.
On July 28, 2010 at 9:40 am W, the 10-year old Airbus A321 aircraft, flown by Airblue since 2006, plunged into the Margalla Hills about 8 km from Islamabad’s Benazir Bhutto International Airport after making an earlier unsuccessful attempt to land. The weather was torrential as it poured heavily enough to hamper rescue efforts and emergency relief operation. All 146 passengers and 6 crew were unfortunate to have boarded the flight as there were no survivors of what became the worst air disaster in Pakistan’s history.
The prime minister approved the dispatch of the investigation report for comments to the States of Manufacture and Design, which is a requirement of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).
The comments are to be received within a period of 60 days. Gilani directed the authorities that while waiting for the comments, necessary safety related directives must be issued to all concerned to ensure the safety of lives and equipment.
He was also apprised on the progress of payment of compensation to the affected families. He expressed his concern on the slow pace of compensation and said that the process should be expedited to help the affected families.
Minister for Defense Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar, Secretary of Defense Lt-Gen(retd) Thar Ali, Deputy Chief of Air Staff (Operations) Air Marshal Muhammad Hasan, Additional Secretary of Defense Maj-Gen Raja Arif Nazir, and DG CAA Air Marshal (retd) Khalid Chaudhry were also present on the occasion.
It may be mentioned that victims families held a press conference last week and demanded the report and added that a complete report must be submitted to the media. However, this report is still classified and access by victims’ families is yet not provided. AirBlue Flight ABQ-202 from Karachi to Islamabad crashed on July 28, 2010, with 152 people onboard, including 146 passengers and 6 crew members. No person onboard survived.
The following passenger names were listed for the Air Blue flight ABQ-202:
PYAR ALI
IMTIAZ ALI KURD
SYEED SHAAN-E-HUSSAIN NAQVI
PREM CHAND
HASSAN JAVED KHAN
SYED ARSALAN AHMED
ABDUL REHMAN
MOHD. FAISAL RASHEED
MOHD. OVAIS
HUSSAIN ALAM
GHULAM ABBAS
NAVEED ILYAS
MOHD. ALI MUGHAL
MOHD AFTAB
SHIREEN LODHI
MOHD. NAWAB HASSAN
ASIM ARAIN
ALI SHERAZI
MOHD. BASHIR
ZAHID HABIBI
DR.MIRKO CVJFTICANIN
ASIA BEGUM
MOHD. UMAIR KHAN
HAJI REHMAT GUL
MOHD. SAQIB RAFIQ SHAIKH
MISHA DAWOOD
ALI ASGHAR RAJAB ALI
RASHIDA TYEB KHAN
MURTAZA TYED KHAN
MALIK MOHD. YOUSUF
NABEEL LUTFI
MANZOOR NASIR
SALEEM AHMED
ROSIE AHMED
SALAUDDIN SYED
HAMID JAVED
MOHD. YOUSUF
ATA RAJA
SALMAN KHAN BIJRANI
MEHRAN KHAN BIJRANI
ANWAR BIBI
GULZAR BIBI
TARIQ SUBHAN
ABDUL GHAFFAR
IRFAN IRFAN
MOHD. SULTAN
MOHD. YASEEN
GAYABA KHAN
MANZOOR AHMED
MASOOD SALAM
SYED AZAM
OJAM KHAN
JANNAT GUL
ZAINTUN BIBI
WAHEED UR REHMAN
MOHD. FEROZE
DR. SURESH
MOHD. ASAD
AMIR SIDDIQUI
MONA DHONKI
MEHLEE DHONKI
AMIR DHONKI
AFSHAN DHONKI
MASOOD KAYANI
AFAR SALEEM
ABDUL GHANI
ADNAN QAYOOM
ABBAS HAIDER
OSAMA GHAFOOR
MOHD. ZAMEEN
ANDALEEB JUNAID
ABDUL RAHEEM
MOHD. ZAID RAUF
ANWAR BEGUM
NUSRAT BEGUM
ALI SHAH
KAMRAN SHAH
ABDUL QAYUM
MAQSOOD AHMED
ABDUL GHAFFAR
MOHD. IQBAL
KHAN ZAMAN
A M NASIR
SYEDA RABAB ZEHRA NAQVI
OVAIS BIN LAIQ
BILAL JAMAEE
SYED ASHIQ HUSSAIN SHAH
SAMATAR BASHIR
AMER KHATTAQ
HASSAN NASEEM
ATIF RASHEED
KANEZE AKHTHAR
SHAMSUL HAQ
KHADIM HUSSAIN REHMAT KHAN
MIRZA TAHIR BAIG
MOHD IRFAN
MALIK GHULAM HUSSAIN
JAVERIA FARAZ
MOHD AJMAL KHAN
SIKANDER HAYAT AWAN
MUBASHIR SHAHID
TARIQ SHAHID
MR. KAMRAN
MR. SALEEM
JAVAID IQBAL
PERVEZ AKHTHAR
RAHEEM KHAN RAJPUT
IKHLAAS KHAN
ASWAH GUL
ANSAR ABBAS
ATHAR IFTIKHAR
HAJI GUL MEHBOOB
FAROOQ KHAN
SYED JAWAD ALI
AYESHA AMIR
ALIZA AMIR
ABU BAQR IZHAR
SAPNA MUNAWAR
FAROOQ NADEEM
MOHD. ASIF
HASSAN ADEEL
ABID MEHMOOD
MALIK MUHAMMAD AJMAL
OWAIS KHAN
ROMAISA KHAN
MUHAMMAD SALEEM
MUJAHID REHMAN
AESAR ALI
TASLEEM KAUSAR
MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM
GHULAM RASOOL
MRS SHAHEEN
MRS SABIRA
MRS GULSHAD
MR RAWAHA
JEHANGIR KHAN
ALI AKBER
MUHAMMAD RAFIQUE
SYED HAIDER ZULFIQAR SHAH
MUHAMMAD SALEEM AKHTAR
RIZWAN GHANI KHAN
AMBER RIZWAN
MUHAMMAD ZAWAR KHAN
ARBAAZ KHAN
MUSKAN RIZWAN
FARID AHMED ALVI
SHAMAS US REHMAN ALVI
KHIZER PERVAIZ
KIRAN ALVI
MUHAMMAD KHALID
ASIF SHEHZAD
AYESHA ASIF
SYED AINULLAH AGHA
AFAZAL MASOOD
SYED ATTAULLAH HASHMI
WAHEED SHAIKH
NAVAID CHAUDHRY
