An airplane ‘Fokker-100’ of ‘Aero Mongolia’ which took-off with passengers from Ulaanbaatar to Khovd could not continue its flight and had to return to Ulaanbaatar in an unplanned landing. Oxygen masks dropped down throughout the passengers’ seating area. After the airplane landed, the Civil Aviation Authority and Department of Security of Flight and Technique conducted an inspection and made a conclusion that because an outgoing valve of the altimeter system was frozen and was not closed, the oxygen masks dropped. Freezing was caused because the airplane was not kept in a warm airplane hanger. The company does not have any warm garages to keep their airplanes in. Company officials said that the airplane is now under normal operation and is ready to perform flights again. (Ardiin Erkh)

“Government has to be transparent”

The Open Society Forum organized a forum called ‘Government’s transparency: Social wealth allocation’ yesterday in order to assess activities implemented by the government and citizens, to define difficulties and to discuss ways of further implementation. The Mongolian government, civic society and representatives from local and international businesses have participated in the forum and discussed numerous important subject areas, including: transparency which is a peer principle of democracy, legal and judicial framework to provide transparency of law, state budget and process of tenders, Ulaanbaatar city land issuance and transparency of the extractive industry. (Today)