KOTA KINABALU: The Australian Disaster Tribunal's report on the investigation into the Double Six tragedy is said to have raised more questions, particularly regarding legal issues.
Former Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Yong Teck Lee said he needed to re-examine the report that was released yesterday.
"I need to study the Australian report in detail. It is more detailed than the report issued by the Malaysian government.
"I wonder why there was a need to classify the two reports in the first place.
"Are there any legal claims that has been extinguished due to the long period of time it took to issue these two reports?
"I also believe that there are several legal issues and matters related to flight management that need to be answered by the relevant parties," he said when contacted today.
According to the Australian Disaster Tribunal report, the airline company that operated the plane in the Double Six tragedy that claimed 11 lives, including the then Sabah Chief Minister Tun Fuad Stephens, was found to be operating illegally.
The declassified report revealed that the investigation into the incident stated that Sabah Air sent a draft of its operating manual at the end of 1975, but it was not approved by the Department of Civil Aviation (CAD) at that time.
The same report also stated that several facts were revealed during the investigation, indicating poor operational practices by Sabah Air but also a failure on the part of CAD to fulfill their obligations as a local certification authority.
