Originally Posted by
gulliBell
Why would PNGAIC be the investigating authority? The accident didn't occur in PNG.
The PNGAIC, representing the State of Registry, will be entitled to appoint an accredited representative to the investigation, as will the NTSB as State of Manufacture. The investigation will be the responsibility of the State of Occurrence (Federated States of Micronesia).
AFAIK the report on the last accident in the FSM (a runway overrun at PTPN by an Asia Pacific AL B722 freighter in 2008) is still awaited, so don't hold your breath.