- 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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