Overview
- Islamabad’s District and Sessions Court issued a written ruling by Additional District and Sessions Judge Dr. Rasool Bakhsh dismissing eight Airblue appeals and affirming liability.
- The court ordered Rs5.4178 billion in compensation and fined the airline Rs1 million per appeal, totaling Rs8 million, for wasting judicial time.
- Awards include Rs1.101 billion to Muhammad Ilyas, Rs996.048 million to Junaid ul Zaman Hamid, and hundreds of millions to six other claimants as specified in the judgment.
- The decision overturns an earlier civil-judge cap of Rs10 million per victim, a limit many families had challenged through a protracted legal battle.
- The 2010 crash was classified by the CAA as Controlled Flight Into Terrain, citing pilot error, procedural breaches, poor cockpit resource management, adverse weather, and ATC shortcomings, while some victims’ appeals remain pending before the Islamabad High Court.