With regard to the accident of the broken tow bar and the injury of three persons on board Air Macau’s plane which occurred at 13:20pm on 04 March 2006, the Civil Aviation Authority (AACM) has, in accordance with its “Aircraft Accident or Incident Investigation Procedures”, set up an accident investigation team to probe into the case and required the relevant entities to submit report. The accident investigation team has conducted initial data collection: inspecting the relevant tow bar which revealed damage to its head assembly, interviewing the persons involved including the ground handling staff of Menzies Macau Airport Services Ltd., the pilots and the aircraft maintenance staff of Air Macau Company Ltd. In addition, AACM has obtained the maintenance record of the tow bar and preserved the debris of the head assembly for sending to the manufacturer for analysis. AACM has required Menzies Macau Airport Services Ltd., Air Macau Company Ltd. and Administration of Airports Ltd. to submit their detailed report. In accordance with the aircraft investigation provision stated in Annex 13 of the Chicago Convention, the sole objective of the investigation of an accident or incident shall be the prevention of accidents and incidents and not the apportionment of blame or liability. AACM also follows this objective and aims at collecting relevant information to determine the cause of the accident and make recommendations for improvement. It is expected that the preliminary report, which contains factual data, will be ready after one month.
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