Investigators trying to piece together the cause of a plane crash in the UAE that killed four people are facing delays over a lack of any data recording device on the plane.
The news emerged yesterday as the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) released details of a preliminary report into the fatal accident.
All four people on board were killed when the American Grumman G-21 amphibious aircraft crashed on February 17 at Al Ain Airport about 4pm.
The report said that shortly after take-off, the aircraft veered to the left and crashed at taxiway K, which is parallel to the runway.
“The marks that were left by the aircraft at the taxiway exhibited that it had impacted the ground in nose down and left bank attitude,” the GCAA said in a statement. “No signs of inflight break-up or pre-impact fire were observed in the vicinity of the accident site.” It said that the aircraft had been modified some time before entering the UAE last August, however investigators are trying to get more details on the modifications from the American National Transport Safety Board.
The GCAA added that the investigation was being slowed down as, under Federal Aviation Regulations of the United States, the aircraft was not required to be equipped with flight recorders.
The aviation body said it is using alternative methods to unravel what happened, such as forensic examinations of the wreckage.
The news emerged yesterday as the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) released details of a preliminary report into the fatal accident.
All four people on board were killed when the American Grumman G-21 amphibious aircraft crashed on February 17 at Al Ain Airport about 4pm.
The report said that shortly after take-off, the aircraft veered to the left and crashed at taxiway K, which is parallel to the runway.
“The marks that were left by the aircraft at the taxiway exhibited that it had impacted the ground in nose down and left bank attitude,” the GCAA said in a statement. “No signs of inflight break-up or pre-impact fire were observed in the vicinity of the accident site.” It said that the aircraft had been modified some time before entering the UAE last August, however investigators are trying to get more details on the modifications from the American National Transport Safety Board.
The GCAA added that the investigation was being slowed down as, under Federal Aviation Regulations of the United States, the aircraft was not required to be equipped with flight recorders.
The aviation body said it is using alternative methods to unravel what happened, such as forensic examinations of the wreckage.
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