PETALING JAYA: Canberra is currently working through its domestic legal process in order to release its reports on the Double Six tragedy, the Australian High Commission said.
Its commissioner Justin Lee said his government was working closely with Putrajaya on the release of the reports,
The Star reported.
Lee also said that Australia acknowledged the June 6, 1976, plane crash as a tragic incident.
“We honour the memory of those who have lost their lives and the enormous loss felt by their loved ones,” he was quoted as saying.
The high commission’s statement came following Wednesday’s release of the declassified plane crash report by the transport ministry.
The report was jointly prepared by the civil aviation department, the Royal Malaysian Air Force and the Australian transport department.
The declassified report stated there was no evidence that sabotage, fire or an explosion had caused the crash that claimed the lives of then Sabah chief minister Fuad Stephens and 10 others.
It said the probable cause of the crash was “a centre of gravity position well outside the aft limit, which caused the control column to run out of forward range on the final approach to land”.
The report also said there was a problem with professional compliance of operating procedures by the company that operated the flight and that the pilot had exceeded his 10-hour duty period by 67 minutes.
Several days ago, former Sabah chief minister Yong Teck Lee said Putrajaya should “officially and immediately” ask the Australian government to release their full report on the crash.
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