Initial report finds human error on part of pilots, Air Traffic Controller officials in PIA crash: Sarwar Khan.

ISLAMABAD -- Federal Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan has presented the interim investigation report on the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane crash in the National Assembly on Wednesday, saying that the pilots were not focused and their lack of concentration had caused the crash.

Presenting the initial investigation report on the floor of the House, Ghulam Sarwar Khan said that the conversation between the pilot and the air traffic controllers had been recorded and he had heard it himself.

The minister said that the equipment from the aircraft had been extracted and decoded, adding that the recording obtained would be made part of the final report of the plane crash.

Ghulam Sarwar Khan said that the initial report pointed out that there was no technical fault with the aircraft and even the pilot had said the same in his conversation with the air traffic controllers.

Touching upon the details of the compensation provided to the PIA plane crash affectees, the aviation minister said 29 houses were damaged in the crash and the inquiry board was shown the damage that had been caused as a result.

'Those whose houses were damaged in the plane crash have been compensated and are being compensated. They have been given temporary shelter,' he said.

The federal minister added that authorities were trying to compensate the 90 families that had been affected by the tragedy and those who had suffered on the ground as well. 'Those who were injured on the ground have also been compensated,' Ghulam Sarwar Khan added.

Speaking about the aircraft, he said that no technical fault could be found with it. 'Because of the coronavirus, flights had been suspended. The plane took the first flight after operations resumed on May 7 and between then and May 33, the plane completed six flights,' he said.

'Five flights were from Lahore to Karachi and Karachi to Lahore, while one flight was to Sharjah,' the minister told the Parliament. He added that both the captain and his co-pilot were medically fit to fly as well.

He continued, 'I spoke to one of the survivors and one of them told me that after the plane crashed onto the roof of the house, he was still strapped to his seat while he bounced from one floor of the house to another and was eventually rescued when he landed on the first floor.'

Talking about the crash, the minister disclosed that the aircraft touched the runway thrice without the landing gear which caused damage to its engines. "When the...