Gulf 072 report out next week?
From the Gulf Daily News - Bahrain(2/8)
"The release of the final accident report on the Gulf Air crash which killed 143 people last year is imminent.
An aviation official told the GDN yesterday that the Accident Investigation Board had scheduled meetings with concerned individuals and agencies next Wednesday and Thursday at the Civil Aviation Affairs (CAA) headquarters in Muharraq.
It will review its conclusions on the accident of August 23 last year, when Gulf Air Flight 072 en route from Cairo plunged into the sea less than a mile from the airport runway, killing all 135 passengers and eight crew members.
The final report could be released to the public as early as August 10, added the official.
The final report "will definitely" include the cause of the accident, he said.
However, a Gulf Air spokesman said the report was not expected to be published until early next month.
The 90-page factual report of the crash was released on April 1, and contained all aspects of the investigation, but drew no conclusions. However, it did not find any fault with the aircraft or the engines.
The report was submitted in mid-December to National Transportation Board (NTSB) assistant deputy director Frank Hilldrup, who heads the investigation, and included the board's Technical Investigation Committee's (TIC) cockpit voice recorder/flight data recorder, air worthiness and operations sub-group findings.
It was compiled by more than 25 sub-group committees representing the NTSB, CAA, Gulf Air, Oman Civil Aviation, Bureau Enquetes-Accidents, Airbus Industrie and CFMI (the engine manufacturer"