INVESTIGATIONS into the crash of the China Airlines jumbo jet which skidded off the end of Kai Tak runway a year ago today have been completed and a report is due out within the next three months.
The evidence has now been analysed and all that remains is for chief investigator James Hui Chi-sum to write the report.
Data from the aircraft's black boxes, examinations of the wreckage, interviews with witnesses and passengers and information supplied by crash experts, the manufacturer Boeing and the airline have been processed.
Earlier this year, Mr Hui travelled to Boeing's Seattle headquarters to conduct simulator tests in order to re-enact the plane's landing on November 4, 1993.
Psychological tests have also been conducted on the pilot of the Boeing 747-400, Captain Liu Shou-rong, and the co-pilot, both of whom were suspended following the incident.
Sources said initial investigations into the crash pointed towards pilot error.
It is believed the wing flaps, which slow the plane down on the landing approach, were not fully extended; that the footbrakes may have been touched, disengaging the automatic braking system; and reverse thrust was applied too late.
