An aviation expert criticized Hong Kong's probe of a China Airlines crash, saying the findings should be made public so the industry can benefit from any safety recommendations, a newspaper reported yesterday.
"The report should be out and widely disseminated," accident investigator Paul McCarthy was quoted as telling the English-language South China Morning Post.
Keeping the findings secret, months after the report was finished, is a "Third World" approach, said McCarthy, who is principal vice president with the International Federation of Air Line Pilot's Association. He was in Hong Kong for an air safety conference.
The China Airlines MD-11 flipped upside down and exploded while trying to land in Hong Kong during a tropical storm on Aug. 22, 1999. The crash killed three people and injured more than 200.
Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department spokeswoman Sandra Lai confirmed that the report had been completed in April, but would not discuss its contents.
The Post said the report has blamed the China Airlines pilot.
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