The crash site of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight PK-661 in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province is being visited by a nine-member investigation team.
The team comprises of three French officials and three Canadian officials belonging to France-based aircraft manufacturer ATR and US-based engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney. Three Pakistani officials are also part of the team visiting the crash site, Dawn reported.
The black-box and the voice recorder of the aircraft will be sent to France to begin the probe in the crash that killed all 48 people on-board.
The nine-member team is set to jointly work with Pakistan’s Safety Investigation Board (SIB) to ascertain the cause of the December 7 crash.
The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane, carrying 48 people, was en route to Islamabad from the northern city of Chitral when it crashed near Abbottabad last week.
Flight PK-661 crashed into a hillside after one of its two turboprop engines failed shortly after take-off and burst into flames.