Have tried to contact you from home on Saturday evening but was unsuccessful. On Superone TV it was announced that the Board of Inquiry have now finalised their report and have given it to the Minister ot Transport, Censu Galea, but it is not known when the Minister will make it public or if he will make it public. Again we are not informed in writing or verbally and we have to hear it from the TV.
Chairman and Members of the Court,
I refer to the recent final Sitting of this Court on 24th July 1999 and take this opportunity to submit my comments and observations on aspects of the evidence which has been presented by way of explaining the disappearance of Piper 9H ABU on which my son Desmond was reported to have been a passenger.In setting out to compile my final submissions I find that this is to a large extent unnecessary as all of the comments and requests I had in mind had already been addressed by Ms. Cecelia Pelligrini Petit in her submission of 17th June l999.You will no doubt be aware that during the past three years Ms. Pelligrini Petit and I have co-operated very closely compiling and cross referencing the evidence presented in Court while pursuing our own individual lines of enquiry, I am, therefore, in total agreement with her submission of l7th June, 1999, and support her requests for further investigation into these matters which, when taken collectively or individually, bring into sharp focus the failure to date to tie down the time tables of departure and arrival times of the aircraft in question, depending on which document is read there is a discrepancy of up to one hour and fifteen minutes difference in recorded times.
I write to you regarding the disappearance of Piper 9H-ABU you may recall we met at a Sitting of the Board of Enquiry in August 1997. The Board has not had a Sitting since then until 22nd April 1999, and I enclose copies of the Malta Times and Independent reports of the proceedings which will give you a flavour of what was discussed, we were very interested in Mr. Klebb’s evidence, the content of which confirmed your own experiences on the flight.
Fax from Cecilia, Tunisian government are now requesting the Malta govemment to make another request for the release of the ATC tapes via an International procedure called ” A Commission Rogatoire “. We write to the Dept. Foreign Affairs Dublin requesting an explanation of this procedure and what it entails.
Letter sent by Cecilia Aqualina to Cormac Boomer on 14th October 1997. With translation of newspaper article on the death of Peter Jones