US-Bangla contradicts Nepal crash report

US-Bangla Airlines says there are contradictions in the initial report by the Nepali commission charged with probing the recent airplane crash in Kathmandu, reports bdnews24.com

"Despite our complete faith in everyone involved, we will say that the report does not cover all the topics it was supposed to," said US-Bangla CEO Imran Asif at a press conference on Sunday.

"We do not reject the report. But there are some contradictory issues."

According to International Civil Aviation Organisation rules, an initial report must be submitted within a month of any accident. An investigation by the Nepali government submitted a five-page report on the crash on April 9.

According to the report, the DASH-8 Q400 model airplane was not in 'standard communication' with air traffic control prior to crashing by the side of the runway.

The probe did not reach any conclusions as to why the communication lines between the pilot and the air traffic control room were hindered at the time or why the plane crashed.

US-Bangla CEO Imran Asif said he had doubt about the accuracy of this portion of the report.

"From what we heard from local eyewitnesses and the injured passengers, we believe the rescue workers did not reach the aircraft within the two minutes. If they did there would have been far fewer casualties."

The voice recorder and flight data recorder of the crashed plane have been sent to Canada for analysis. Their investigation is ongoing.