Parliamentary Reports:
Wednesday, May 22, 2007
The Government has denied that investigation on the recent Kenya Airways plane crash in Douala were being frustrated by bad blood between Nairobi and Younde (Cameroon)
Transport minister, Chirau Mwakwere, also denied he had been mistreated when he visited Douala, following the KQ Flight 507 crash on May 5.
Transport minister, Chirau Mwakwere, also denied he had been mistreated when he visited Douala, following the KQ Flight 507 crash on May 5.
The Douala-Nairobi bound plane crashed 33 seconds after taking off into a storm. The crash claimed 114 lives, nine of them Kenya crew.
Some MPs had suggested that due to poor communication between Nairobi and West African countries, Kenya Airways should consider cancelling all flights in the region.
Nyakach MP, Peter Odoyo who floated the question wanted to know the reasons behind the fatal crash.
Some MPs had suggested that due to poor communication between Nairobi and West African countries, Kenya Airways should consider cancelling all flights in the region.
Nyakach MP, Peter Odoyo who floated the question wanted to know the reasons behind the fatal crash.
Mwakwere said investigations were going on well according to the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) conventions.
The minister said under ICAO protocols, the country in which the accident occurs, institutes an inquiry into the accident.
The minister said under ICAO protocols, the country in which the accident occurs, institutes an inquiry into the accident.
He told the House Cameroonian authorities commissioned such an inquiry on May 18.
On her part, as the State of registry and operator of the ill-fated plane, Kenya has accredited the Director of Accident Investigations (from the ministry) to the inquiry.
Mwakwere said the final report of the inquiry would enable stakeholders, including the public and kin of the deceased to know the causes and circumstances of the crash.
He promised that the final report would, unlike the report of the 2000 Abidjan plane crash involving another KQ plane, Flight 431, which claimed 169 lives, would be made public.
Mwakere said the Government did not receive the final report of Flight 431 from the Government of Cote D’Ivore, which The Saturday Standard recently published.
He, however, admitted receiving the French version of Flight 431crash report.
On her part, as the State of registry and operator of the ill-fated plane, Kenya has accredited the Director of Accident Investigations (from the ministry) to the inquiry.
Mwakwere said the final report of the inquiry would enable stakeholders, including the public and kin of the deceased to know the causes and circumstances of the crash.
He promised that the final report would, unlike the report of the 2000 Abidjan plane crash involving another KQ plane, Flight 431, which claimed 169 lives, would be made public.
Mwakere said the Government did not receive the final report of Flight 431 from the Government of Cote D’Ivore, which The Saturday Standard recently published.
He, however, admitted receiving the French version of Flight 431crash report.
Odoyo admitted that reports on air accidents takes time, but added it was unfortunate that many Kenyans had died on the West African routes,
Saboti MP, Davies Nakitare, a retired pilot (Capt), wondered why Nairobi received the signal on the Cameroon crash earlier than Douala.
Saboti MP, Davies Nakitare, a retired pilot (Capt), wondered why Nairobi received the signal on the Cameroon crash earlier than Douala.
The MP also wondered what investigations were going on after the crucial "black Box" that records all flight data had not been recovered.
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