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Aviation chief investigated
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
ANKARA – Turkish Daily News
The transportation ministry has initiated an investigation into the conduct of Civil Aviation Authority President Ali Arıduru, which one newspaper yesterday claimed he made the World Focus Aviation pay his hotel bill.
Transportation Minister Binali Yıldırım asked the ministerial Inspection Council to investigate the claims.
A report claimed that Arıduru's hotel expenses were paid for by World Focus, which had also rented to Atlasjet the plane that crashed seven kilometers from Isparta last Friday.
The plane crash killed all 57 people on board.
Earlier yesterday Arıduru said the plane had veered off course for a yet unknown reason. He said it was premature to conclude that a pilot's navigation error caused the crash, adding that transcripts of the plane's cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder would shed light on the accident.