A Pakistan International Airlines plane has crashed in Karachi on a flight from Lahore, aviation officials say.
The plane, which was reportedly carrying around 99 passengers and eight crew, was flying from Lahore to Jinnah International Airport, one of Pakistan's busiest airports.
Pictures shared on social media show smoke rising from the crash site, a residential area in Karachi.
Lucas wrote:Not sure how people would survive this, but I saw the same info.
JLAmber wrote:Lucas wrote:Not sure how people would survive this, but I saw the same info.
Low speed must have helped. Official confirmation of two walking wounded with another more seriously injured who may or may not have been onboard.
Zak wrote:
Looks like they had trouble extending the landing gear, went around, then lost both engines. Crew declared Mayday.
Lucas wrote:JLAmber wrote:Lucas wrote:Not sure how people would survive this, but I saw the same info.
Low speed must have helped. Official confirmation of two walking wounded with another more seriously injured who may or may not have been onboard.
Yes, and perhaps some super-frangible buildings? I don't know what they make them out of there.
CALTECH wrote:Saw a report that the aircraft actually touched down with gear up (issue or non-deployment) then it went around for another attempt with the engines damaged which led to a no/low power crash. Can't find the article now, looks like it was pulled......
Mark wrote:Who the hell fails to lower the gear?
vikkyvik wrote:My uncle (retired from GE after decades working in Aircraft Engines and Powerplants) said:
"On CFM56-5B most accessories are pretty much under the fan and if you hit that area hard enough, no telling how many critical things can get damaged, including fuel and oil pumps, alternator, oil/fuel piping, etc. (as opposed to the B737's CFM56-7B where all these are on the side)"
Investigators have revealed that the crew of a crashed Pakistan International Airlines Airbus A320 did attempt to lower the landing-gear during their first approach to Karachi, but raised the gear lever again during the descent.
Investigators largely blamed the two pilots, who ignored flight protocols and had been discussing the coronavirus outbreak when they first attempted to land the Airbus A320.
Mark wrote:Who the hell fails to lower the gear?
More than 30% of civilian commercial pilots in Pakistan have fake licenses and are not fully qualified to fly passenger planes, the country's aviation minster said on Wednesday.
The shocking revelation came as part of the investigation into the crash of a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) jet in May. PIA flight 8303 crashed near Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, killing 97 people.
The revelation came alongside a preliminary report announcing the results of the crash investigation. Pilot error was cited — the two pilots were chatting about the coronavirus pandemic during sensitive parts of the landing procedure, and repeatedly ignored warnings from air traffic controllers.
In an address to Pakistan's National Assembly, the aviation minister, Ghulam Sarwar Khan, said that 262 of the 860 active commercial airline pilots in the country "did not take the exam themselves," according to CNN, referring to certification tests. The pilots in question had reportedly paid others to sit the exam for them.