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BD expert to join Nepalese plane crash probe committee

| Updated: March 17, 2018 20:11:42


BD expert to join Nepalese plane crash probe committee

Head of Aircraft Accident Investigation Group (AAIG) of Bangladesh Capt Salahuddin M Rahmatullah is set to join Nepalese probe committee and other foreign experts to investigate US-Bangla plane crash.

To this end, Rahmatullah is set to leave Dhaka for Kathmandu on Sunday, informed Wing Commander Chy M Ziaul Kabir, Director (flight Safety and regulations) of Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB).

"As per Annex 13 of ICAO, one accredited representative from the airlines host country can conduct investigation jointly with the probe team of the country witnessed accident. We nominated Head of our AAIG as our accredited representative in this regards," he said.

According to a BSS report, Kabir said the accredited representative can take help form some advisers, if it is needed.

"We keep five more officials of AAIG standby in this regards. If the AAIG Head will need support they join him as adviser later on," he said.

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