The reported weather at Islamabad was thunderstorm with gusty winds. The Mishap Aircraft (MA) took off for Islamabad at 1705 hrs Pakistan Standard Time (PST) from Karachi. The aircraft had 127 souls onboard including 06 flight crew members. On 20th April, 2012, M/s Bhoja Air Boeing 737-236A Reg # AP-BKC was scheduled to fly domestic Flight BHO-213 from Jinnah International Airport (JIAP) Karachi to Benazir Bhutto International Airport (BBIAP) Islamabad. On ground 04 persons were injured however 01 out of these reportedly expired later at a hospital.īelow, the preliminary report published by the Pakistan AAIB. Out of 99 souls on-board, 97 were fatally injured and 02 passengers survived. An immediate subsequent post impact fire initiated. It crashed in a populated area, short of runway 25L by about 1340 meters. About four minutes later, during downwind leg, at an altitude of around 2000 ft, flight crew declared an emergency and stated that both engines had failed.
Flight crew initiated a go-around and informed “Karachi Approach” that they intend to make a second approach. Both engines scrubbed the runway at high speed. At 14:35 hrs the aircraft performed an ILS approach for runway 25L and touched down without landing gears, resting on the engines.
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On at 13:05 hrs PST, the Pakistan International Airlines aircraft Airbus A320-214, registration number AP-BLD, took off from Lahore (Allama Iqbal International Airport – AIIAP) Pakistan to perform a regular commercial passenger flight (PK8303) to Karachi (Jinnah International Airport – JIAP) Pakistan, with 8 crew members (01 Captain, 01 First Officer, and 06 flight attendants) and 91 passengers on board.
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