- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | May 22, 2020 |
Time: | 1440 |
Location: | Karachi, Pakistan |
Operator: | Pakistan International Airline |
Flight #: | PK8303 |
Route: | Lahore - Karachi |
AC Type: | Airbus A320-214 |
Registration: | AP-BLD |
cn / ln: | 2274 |
Aboard: | 99 (passengers:91 crew:8) |
Fatalities: | 97 (passengers:89 crew:8) |
Ground: | 1 |
Summary: | While landing, the aircraft scraped the runway three times. After the third impact, the pilot took the plane into the air. During his attempt to land, the engines oil tanks and fuel pumps were damaged. The plane managed to climb to 1,800 feet. The damage led to the loss of both engines. The crew declared a Mayday. The aircraft then descended fast, almost plunging. The plane impacted a residential area called Model Colony, featuring concrete multstory buildings, 0.74 miles short of runway 25L. The air traffic controller warnedd the pilots four times that they shouldn’t land as their altitude was not right. When the pilots first tried to land the aircraft, its engines hit the ground, which led to the system supplying lubricant to the engines and they shut down. The report said that engine failure eventually led to the crash. Pilot error. |
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