Breaking: Pakistan Plane Crash (97 Death Recorded) See photos

- June 24, 2020

The crash which killed 97 people in Pakistan last month was because of human error by the pilot and air traffic control, according to an initial report into the disaster released Wednesday

The crash happened On 22 May 2020, the Airbus A320 crashed in Model Colony, a densely populated residential area of Karachi a few kilometres from the runway, while on a second approach after a failed landing. Of the 91 passengers and eight crew on board the aircraft, 97 were killed, while two passengers survived with injuries.

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"The pilot as well as the controller didn't follow the standard rules," the country's aviation minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan said, announcing the findings in parliament. He said the pilots had been discussing the coronavirus pandemic as they attempted to land the Airbus A320.

"The pilot and co-pilot were not focused and throughout the conversation was about coronavirus," Khan said. The Pakistani investigation team, which included officials from the French government and the aviation industry, analysed data and voice recorders. The minister said the plane was "100 percent fit for flying, there was no technical fault" .The country's deadliest aviation accident in eight years came days after domestic commercial flights resumed following a two-month coronavirus lockdown.