12/04/2015
HOW TO BECOME AN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT INVESTIGATOR;
The question is very pertinent and was asked by one of the aspirant readers of my page. Another one commented that he knew what kind of investigations are done in Pakistan and that he could also do same kind of investigations; whom I have requested to review the Bhoja Aircraft Crash Investigation Report, available on CAA website, and come up with the flaws observed in that.
I have therefore given my experience highlights just to give an idea how much does it take to become an aircraft accident investigator.
I just want to add here that it is extremely painful to see the aircraft crash sites, particularly those which have fatalities also. With those painful scenes in mind, I don't believe that any aircraft accident investigator would deliberately avoid to find out the factual cause(s) of accident. However, they are also human beings and can make mistakes owing to lack of evidence, training, experience or resources. So, the best option is to engage the experienced aircraft accident investigators and benefit from their experience.
May you all have safe flights !