Floyd3593:
When is the date that the investigation results MUST be published by?
There is no deadline. The ICAO Annex 13 calls for a Final Report to be published within one year of the accident (so by December), if possible. Otherwise, an Interim Report should be released on each anniversary of the accident.
However in practice, it's rare to see a formal Interim Report, and the Final Report might only come out years after the accident --
if ever. This is true not just for the Indonesians but also for the US NTSB, etc.
Having said that, I don't think they will delay this particular accident report too much longer.
Icarus2001:
Another month goes by and another Airbus falls from the sky.
An interesting time to release the report.
They have a saying over there: "jam karet" (rubber time). Indonesians can be flexible with time; sometimes it's like the entire archipelago is operating on Island Time. "Sabar, tenang!" (patience, relax) they'd say.
But once again the Minister of Transportation Ignatius Jonan is over-promising and under-delivering. Simply not professional on his part.
Skeleton:
Do you u want a report that is accurate, complete and one that contains accurate conclusions, or do you want one that is rushed and inaccurate because it was promised by a certain date.
I'm doubtful the delays have anything to do with accuracy.
For a high profile major investigation like this one, no doubt Indonesia's KNKT is closely collaborating with experts from the various parties (including BEA, Airbus, etc.) and will reach good conclusions. But sometimes the production quality of the actual reports they release leave much to be desired, with basic editorial mistakes, etc.