Initial findings after the dramatic plane crash in Nepal with 72 people on board: According to authorities, no airport system had been switched on to support landing approaches before Sunday’s accident.
The so-called instrument landing system should only be taken into use at the end of February – almost two months after the opening of the airport in Pokhara – a spokesman for the civil aviation authority told the dpa on Thursday.
Such a system helps pilots land safely, especially in low visibility conditions. Such a system is standard at major airports, says the founder and director of the Jacdec flight accident office in Hamburg, Jan-Arwed Richter. However, when the machine crashed in Nepal, visibility did not seem to have been bad – this is suggested by videos from the crash site.
The investigation into the cause of the crash is still ongoing. In addition to authorities from Nepal, experts from the French Air Accident Investigation Authority are also involved, the French Embassy in Nepal reports.
Source: Krone
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