Inquiry Commission on plane crash is flagrant violation of the Annex-13 of Chicago Convention on Air Accidents and its findings will not be recognized accepted - Press Release issued by Home Based Women Workers Federation.

Karachi -- May 28, 2020 (PPI-OT)

Following is the text of press release issued by Home Based Women Workers Federation (HBWWF)

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Inquiry Commission on plane crash is flagrant violation of the Annex-13 of Chicago Convention on Air Accidents, and its findings will not be recognized accepted Only the establishment of an independent and impartial commission can end the unrest among the people.

These views were expressed in the Vigil organized by the National Trade Union Federation of Pakistan (NTUF), Home Based Women Workers Federation (HBWWF), Lyari Awami Mahaz (LAM) and other political, social, human and labour rights organizations at Karachi Press Club today in memory of the passengers and crew members killed in the Karachi plane crash.

Speaking at the condolence meeting, Nasir Mansoor, Secretary General, National Trade Union Federation of Pakistan (NTUF) expressed his heartfelt condolences to the families of the 97 passengers and crew members killed in the tragic accident. He said that Civil Aviation Authority, PIA and the Ministry of Aviation are salting the wounds of the victims with their inhumane and biased behaviour and are constantly hampering the investigation process.

He said the PIA CEO had cast doubt on his impartiality by declaring that there was no technical glitch in the crashed plane well before any investigation. Moreover, by nominating his parent institution's official which were also juniors to him as members in the inquiry committee, it has made the transparency of the investigation completely unacceptable and even more dubious.

The labour leader added that like the previous several accidents, efforts to save those responsible for the accident have continued. Proof of this is the fact that an investigation team has been formed in complete disregard of "Annex 13 of the International Chicago Convention" on the investigation of air accidents. Inquiry team members were in no way qualified to get to the bottom of this important and sensitive issue.

Nasir Mansoor emphasized that in accordance with the Chicago Convention, Appendix 13, 11th Edition, 2016, which says "A State shall establish an accident investigation authority that is independent from State aviation authorities and other entities that could interfere with the conduct or objectivity of an investigation".

The organizational structure of the Investigation Committee here in Pakistan as we witnessed, is in direct violation of this general rule, which is a universal...