On February 26, an urgent meeting was held to discuss the causes of technical malfunctions, breakdowns and traffic accidents with buses with the participation of the deputy chairman of the board of JSC “Toshshakhartranskhizmat”, chief engineer J.Mannopov, chief of the interagency operational staff B.Mamenov, employees of the State Security Service, heads of branches of the bus fleet, chief mechanics and responsible employees, “Toshshakhartranskhizmat” reported.

It is noted that drastic action was taken against the employees who were responsible for the technical condition of the buses, did not carry out their technical inspection before leaving the route, and approached their duty irresponsibly. In particular, the employment contract concluded with 5 responsible employees was cancelled. Their names were not mentioned in the report.

Also, the officials of 8 bus fleets were instructed to take measures to prevent the listed emergency situations, to check the technical condition of buses one by one.

Earlier, it was reported that a fire broke out in two Mercedes-Benz buses in Tashkent on the same day, which was caused by a malfunction of the brake system and a short circuit.