'Pilot Error' Caused Turkish Cargo Plane Crash: Kyrgyzstan Official

Fakhir Rizvi Published January 16, 2017 | 02:55 PM

'Pilot error' caused Turkish cargo plane crash: Kyrgyzstan official

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, , (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 16th Jan, 2017 ) - The crash of a Turkish cargo plane in Kyrgyzstan that claimed at least 37 lives on Monday was caused by "pilot error," authorities in the Central Asian country said.

"According to preliminary information, the plane crashed due to a pilot error," deputy prime minister Muhammetkaly Abulgaziev said at a briefing broadcast on state television.

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