- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | July 28, 2010 |
Time: | 0945 |
Location: | Islamabad, Pakistan |
Operator: | Airblue |
Flight #: | 202 |
Route: | Karachi - Islamabad |
AC Type: | Airbus A321-231 |
Registration: | AP-BJB |
cn / ln: | 1218 |
Aboard: | 152 (passengers:146 crew:6) |
Fatalities: | 152 (passengers:146 crew:6) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The passenger plane crashed in the Margalla hills while attempting to land at Benazir Bhutto International Airport. The tower lost contact with the plane as it was about to land in poor weather conditions. Controlled Flight into Terrain, in which aircrew failed to display superior judgment and professional skills in a self created unsafe environment. In their pursuit to land in inclement weather, they committed serious violations of procedures and breaches of flying discipline, which put the aircraft in an unsafe condition over dangerous terrain at low altitude. |
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