Bhoja Air has been rejuvenated after a hiatus from the commercial circles within Pakistan, under a very able, competent and experienced management comprising hardcore professionals in the aviation field. But unfortunately, the tragic crash of Bhoja Air flight B4-213 from Karachi to Islamabad took place on 20th April 2012.
Ask anyone about the MD of Bhoja Air, and one can find out that he is a very respectable name in the aviation circles of Pakistan. The aircraft was not ex-Shaheen Air as propagated in the news. It was recently bought from COMAIR of South Africa and was in good shape and perfectly air-worthy. COMAIR of South Africa is a subsidy of British Airways and they keep their aircraft in top-notch condition. Notwithstanding its age which alarmed a few, commercial aircraft are kept in fly worthy status by series of inspections of different levels which are complied with very religiously. These inspections are for airframe and engine both and CAA keeps a strict oversight of these activities. It is really unfortunate that this accident occurred during the initial days of revival of Bhoja Air, otherwise it would have soon transformed into a very successful private airline. As it overcomes the jolt it has received in its infancy, it is expected that the airline will soon be back on the roadmap to success it had drawn for itself.
HASSAN ALI
Skardu
(II)
The traumatic private plane crash in Islamabad has not only took the lives of 127 people, but has created a fear among people about the safety standards of such airlines, giving them an excuse of using airlines other than domestic careers.
The Air Blue plane crash in 2010 should have been a lesson for the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to ensure that safety regulations were rigorously enforced, but it ostensibly failed to do so. People are in their right, blaming the CAA for allowing the flight of the ill-fated Bhoja Airways plane Boeing 737-200 to land in such bad weather conditions, and without considering the magnitude of lightening and the rainstorm.
It is quite evident that the disaster could’ve been averted if the plane had been made to land at a different location. This is indeed a strong reason to take the CAA to task but the real accusation should be that why did it allow carriers belonging to the private sector to run airlines with old and unsafe planes. Private companies can never achieve excellence due to multiple reasons, the primary being the undue political intervention and their poor financial standing.
Though many fingers have been raised against PIA for having poor service delivery, I would still prefer the CAA to disallow others and patronise our national career, the PIA. Now is the time for reforming PIA through professional management, heavy investment and adding new generation planes to its fleet. Effective management of PIA with trustworthy aircrafts is the answer to restoring people’s trust.
M IBRAHIM TARIQ
Lahore
MD Bhoja Air is the most controversial individual in the industry who runs and owns a fake Engg and Maintenance firm. It was his firm that led to collapse of Shaheen Air and it was one of his fake employees who had no license from CAA that certified the crashed Bhoja Air B737 before it crashed. This is an MD of an airline whose aircraft has crashed and yet he has not come back to Pakistan from a holiday.
What crap is propagated by Bhoja Air moles. They are responsible for the crash along with the government especially the CAA. The heirs should file a suit worth billions of rupees against all.
CAA ….. Peshawar High Court ordered Federal Government on 22nd of April to suspend DG CAA Captain Nadeem Yousafzai immediately, but he is still not suspended. He is One of the favourites of President Zardari and his class fellow in Petaro College. When a regulatory authority like CAA is goverened by favourites instead of Professionals than only God can help things out.
these ppl vil go to hell who killed my fathr_
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