Organized Chaos after Air Blue crash in Islamabad
Night has descended on the green tops of Margalla Hills, where debris of ill-fated Air Blue ABQ-202 is scattered.
The Air Blue plane crash in Islamabad is most deadliest in aviation history of Pakistan, causing 152 deaths of passengers and crew members.
Starting from the time when news of crash was first reported, to this late hour, the authorities have put on a show of organized mismanagement, with the media in tow like rabid hounds.
To start of with, it was reported that there are survivors in the crash, even Rehman Malik announced that, and at the last moment it was declared that no one was alive. They just can’t realize what they did with the families of Air Blue passengers, who build their hopes, to be washed out by pathetic authorities.
The way media played with public sentiments, displaying animations, circulating raw footage of the debris, making comments and asking stupid questions, disastrous reporting, indeed.
Roles of CAA and Air Blue are equally condemnable. They did nothing to facilitate the families and to update them with latest news about the crash. In fact, Air Blue kept displaying the flight as “On Time” its web site many hours after the crash (Image via fawwaxs).
Express Tribune went a step ahead to “re-construct” a dialog between Pilot of Air Blue flight and Airport Traffic Control tower, as follows:
Control tower’s first warning: You are getting away from the runway.
Pilot’s response: We can see the runway.
Control tower’s second warning: Turn to your left immediately, you are heading towards Margalla Hills.
Pilot’s response: We can see that.
This was the last reply form the pilot and then the flight lost its contact with the control tower and soon after it crashed.
Apparently, its totally fabricated and this has been noticed by their readers too, as one reader, Ahsan Zafeer, comments:
I don’t believe this is the correct usage of ATC language. This report is just based on emotions and nothing else. There could be a technical or pilot error but leave that for the professionals to determine. I am utterly ashamed of the media towards covering this story. Pakistani media has no ethics whatsoever. Dawn news was having a blast to hear that a plane had crashed. Ary was boasting it was the first one to break the news. Geo started playing the blame game on authorities. Has anyone considered the terrain they had to conquer, had anyone thought of the weather. For the sake of humanity and the dimming hope of a civilized society, please refrain from making such judgement and from publishing stories that make no logical sense nor has credibility. Pakistani media is just like to jaahil women fighting over nonsense. Have some shame. If one innocent dies in Pakistan, consider it a loss for the nation.
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July 29th, 2010 08:49 GMT
I have to totally agree with Mr.Ahsan Zafeer. It is too early to determine the cause of the accident. In my 23 years of experience in the aviation industry, you cannot jump to conclusions and start playing the “blame” game. Flight data recorder has been recovered, so lets wait and see what the authorities find out. At this point, the attention and comfort should be given to the familes that have lost their loved ones. May Allah bless their soul.
July 29th, 2010 10:59 GMT
It is a sad situation, and the media true to form mis-reports and sensationalizes everything. Our ministers are the same, making announcements , promises and doing NOTHING. What good will the PM’s and chief-minister’s helicopter trip of the crash site do…..the victims families are being made to suffer more in Islamabad…. will we ever learn our lesson?
July 29th, 2010 16:43 GMT
I feel how weak and fruitless must be any word of mine which could attempt to beguile victim’s family from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. but I cannot refrain from tendering them by consolation that may be found in holy hidths. that Those who die actually that is journey toward forever life. I pray that our Heavenly (God) may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the Great Pakistan Journey
Yours, very sincerely and respectfully
August 1st, 2010 11:29 GMT
Dear salam, we dont know what happen but it was not good, better for good result we have to call control tower per who was there on duty that time, front of eletronic media. and ask him cross questions for true ,
August 4th, 2010 12:51 GMT
u knw that after reading dis all me crying……be brave like me i m studant ofintermediate………….. why u all afraid??come on guys……………we all u gather n fight against our enemi ………….. iwant to say sum words in national language………. presdant zadri samjta kay ha????????????? aj jo ho raha in ke vagesa ho raha cum n face me…………..
August 4th, 2010 12:56 GMT
hy……….!every one…………..i hve no words to express my feelings……..agar hm sub ek ho jaye gay koi kuch ni kar sakta……….. yamera quest presdant shab sa ha uncle jo ma ap k bhary ma sonte ho kay correct ha???????????????????????
August 11th, 2010 02:57 GMT
This plane was shot down by americans…….. there is a american base near margalla towers & americans have already told the pakistani government that even if your president’s plane would fly in this area we will shoot it…. & we all know that this plane was flying in that area which is actually a no fly area………….
August 11th, 2010 02:59 GMT
sorry i ment margalla hills not towers :p
August 11th, 2010 19:15 GMT
Dear Mushared
Seems like you have all the answers, LOL maybe you should be the investigator. Planes end up flying in restricted areas all the time and are directed by the ATC. Maybe you should wait for the findings before passing judgements.