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A recent audit by the country’s top auditor revealed that the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) lost two of its aircrafts due to technical negligence. The investigation further revealed that PIA’s two Regional Transport Airline aircrafts met accidents on November 24th, 2018 and July 20, 2019, making the national carrier lose over Rs. 10.1398 million.
While discussing both the accidents, the Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) mentioned in it’s 2021-22 report that the national carrier itself is responsible for both the losses.
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) compiled a detailed report of the incidents and held PIA responsible for the loss.
According to the audit, the CAA noticed that several reasons for the accidents including lack of professionalism, malfunctioning technical equipment, non implementation of the standard operating procedures (SOPs), wrong decisions and first officer’s mistakes. Even the pilots made mistakes that lead to the deadly accidents.
