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Kazakh Bek Air fights off claimed safety violations accusations from AAK

Kazakhstan Materials 21 January 2020 17:50 (UTC +04:00)
Kazakhstan’s Bek Air airline company the plane of which crashed near Almaty International Airport called certain accusations towards it "strained and biased"
Kazakh Bek Air fights off claimed safety violations accusations from AAK

BAKU, Azerbaijan, Jan. 21

By Nargiz Sadikhova - Trend:

Kazakhstan’s Bek Air airline company the plane of which crashed near Almaty International Airport said that a number of violations in operations of the company revealed by Aviation Administration of Kazakhstan JSC (AAK), are strained and biased, Trend reports with reference to Bek Air.

According to AAK, one of the most serious safety violation was that Bek Air has removed data plates of the spare parts. This means the identity of engines could no longer be verified and that operation hours attributed to that engine are no longer provable.

According to Bek Air, some identification plates may have gotten lost during operation. In this regard, the company made the decision to remove some plates, store them in the office, and keep records of the units according to entries in the logbooks and unit forms.

“The plates were installed on the units if they were sent for replacement or repair… All plates are intact and were submitted to the inspectors. In addition, no document regulating aviation activities gives no direct ban on such procedures,” the company said.

The second main safety violation was the swapping of components from one plane to another and the lack of the inventory control required to manage it.

According to Bek Air, unification of operating planes allows the company to use spare parts from one plane to install on the other plane with their subsequent return after repair or replacement.

“This is not prohibited and is practiced worldwide. In addition, this was also due to the policy of the customs authorities, when the spare parts may be kept in customs clearance for weeks on time. This information was also submitted to the inspector,” the company said.

On the AAK’s statement that the video footage from the airport shows that the wings of the plane were never checked for ice the company stated that video cameras footage cannot be reliable, since they were over 200 meters away from the plane.

On the morning of Dec.27, 2019, the Fokker-100 plane of Bek Air airline implementing flight on the route Almaty – Nur-Sultan lost its height during take-off and broke through a concrete fence, colliding with a two-story building.

According to the latest data, 12 people died, and 66 were injured as a result of the Bek Air's plane crash on Dec. 27. A total of 98 people were on the plane, including nine children and five crew members.

Shortly after the accident, Bek Air company’s operations as well as the use of Fokker-100 type aircraft in Kazakhstan were suspended.

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