Sudan to present report on crash
Aug 08, 2005
KHARTOUM, Monday – Sudan will present a report by Sept. 1 into the cause of a helicopter crash that killed former rebel leader John Garang, the country’s First Vice President, the government said on Monday.
KHARTOUM, Monday – Sudan will present a report by Sept. 1 into the cause of a helicopter crash that killed former rebel leader John Garang, the country’s First Vice President, the government said on Monday.
The president will also establish a national commission on Monday with Garang’s Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) to oversee a technical committee already gathering evidence, said Civil Aviation Minister Ali Tamim Fartak.
“We have requested a visa for the committee to go to Uganda to collect information about the plane, the refuelling, the maintenance record of the plane, the black box and the voice box,†Fartak told Reuters.
Fartak said the government would welcome help with the investigation from any country or organisation. The United States has offered to send five experts.
“I have given them four weeks so that they can present their preliminary report,†Fartak said.
The technical committee began work on August 1, he said.
Fartak said the SPLM were welcome to hold an independent investigation, but said any investigation should include the government as the crash occurred on Sudanese soil.
The president will also establish a national commission on Monday with Garang’s Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) to oversee a technical committee already gathering evidence, said Civil Aviation Minister Ali Tamim Fartak.
“We have requested a visa for the committee to go to Uganda to collect information about the plane, the refuelling, the maintenance record of the plane, the black box and the voice box,†Fartak told Reuters.
Fartak said the government would welcome help with the investigation from any country or organisation. The United States has offered to send five experts.
“I have given them four weeks so that they can present their preliminary report,†Fartak said.
The technical committee began work on August 1, he said.
Fartak said the SPLM were welcome to hold an independent investigation, but said any investigation should include the government as the crash occurred on Sudanese soil.