LDALL CRASH 2LST

Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said a human
error factor cannot be ruled out but made it clear that the
report of the DGCA inquiry should be awaited before coming to
any conclusion.
"You cannot rule out a human error factor. Certainly
all parameters looked normal for a normal touchdown," he told
CNN-IBN.
Patel also said he had spoken to DGCA to go into
issues relating to small and difficult airports.
An official spokesperson said the analysis of the CVR
and other instruments of the aircraft would take about a
fortnight. The analysis of huge amounts of records emanating
from the CVR, DFDAU or DFDR would take a couple of weeks.
The DGCA has appointed its Director Air Safety Bir
Singh Rai as the Inspector of Accidents to carry out the
enquiry assisted by other experts.
Meanwhile, the tapes retrieved from the Air Traffic
Control tower at Bajpe airport have been replayed and a
detailed analysis was being carried out, the Civil Aviation
Ministry said.
Besides, preliminary probe of navigational, aerodrome
and runway facilities, existing at the time of the incident,
has been completed, it said, adding that all records
pertaining to the aircraft, engineering, operations, training,
fire-fighting and allied services have been taken over for
detailed analysis.
All the eight survivors of the crash were responding
well to treatment at various hospitals here. Doctors said the
victims who had suffered cuts, bruises and burn injuries, were
out of danger.
Heart-rending scenes were witnessed at the local
hospitals as grieving relatives collected the victims' mortal
remains. In one case, two families from Kerala claimed the
same body and authorities said it will handed over only after
a DNA test.
The bodies of four crew members were among those yet
to be identified. The DNA samples of all the unidentified
bodies have been sent for testing to Hyderabad.
Dazed relatives and friends of the victims thronged
the Government Wenlock Hospital and made efforts through the
night at the mortuary to identify their near and dear ones,
many of whom were charred to death.
Air India arranged for counsellors for the relatives
of the victims as well as their own crew and staffers, who
were traumatised and shocked by the scenes of devastation.
Regarding the compensation package, Air India said it
was in talks with insurance companies, including Reliance
Insurance and General Insurance Company.
The airline said it had made arrangements to provide
coffins to family members of the victims to shift the bodies
after identification. PTI RS
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