Airbus experts landed in Karachi on Tuesday and initiated a probe into last week’s plane crash that killed 97 people when a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Airbus A-320 went down in Model town area, near Karachi airport.
The Civil Aviation authorities said on Tuesday they have shared their initial findings with the visiting 11-member team from the European planemaker.
Radio Pakistan reported that the Airbus experts and engineers also visited the crash site of flight PK-8303, where they were given a briefing by officials of the Aircraft Accident Investigation Board.
“We are providing all possible assistance to the technical experts of Airbus,” said Abdul Hafeez, a spokesperson for PIA.
Only two people on board survived the crash, including Zafar Masood, a bank executive.
The unfortunate flight took off from Lahore and crashed on Friday while trying to land at Jinnah International Airport.
