Lahore - Karachi

On May 22, 2020 at 02:39 PM, Lahore - Karachi experienced a crash involving Airbus A320, operated by Pakistan International Airlines - PIA, with the event recorded near Karachi-Muhammad Ali Jinnah-Quaid-e-Azam Sindh (<U+0633><U+0646><U+068C> <U+0633><U+0646><U+062F><U+06BE>).

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a city crash site.

99 people were known to be on board, 98 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 99.0%.

Crew on board: 8, crew fatalities: 8, passengers on board: 91, passenger fatalities: 89, other fatalities: 1.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On 22 May 2020 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. At 14:35 hrs the aircraft performed an ILS approach for runway 25L and touched down without landing gears, resting on the engines. Both engines scrubbed the runway at high speed. Flight crew initiated a go-around and informed “Karachi Approach” that they intend to make a second approach. 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. The aircraft started losing altitude. It crashed in a populated area, short of runway 25L by about 1340 meters. An immediate subsequent post impact fire initiated. Out of 99 souls on-board, 97 were fatally injured and 02 passengers survived. On ground 04 persons were injured however 01 out of these reportedly expired later at a hospital. Below, the preliminary report published by the Pakistan AAIB.

Aircraft reference details include registration AP-BLD, MSN 2274, year of manufacture 2004.