PIA plane crash near Model Colony Karachi with 93+ on board

[ghazi52]

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Update #PIA Incident: To speed up relief & rescue efforts, Army Urban Search & Rescue Team with special equipment & rescue specialists flown from Rwp. 10 fire tenders at site have extinguished fire. Military ambulances busy in rescuing injured & providing necessary medical care.





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Update #PIA Incident: Pak Army Aviation helicopters flown for damage assessment and rescue efforts. Urban Search & Rescue Teams are being sent on site for rescue efforts.

 

[PaklovesTurkiye]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1263817721550077954

 

[Safriz]

Aborted means it was called off before the plane started out.

But both engines are damaged on the bottom which raises the speculation that plane attempted belly landing and engines touched the runway and then pilot aborted.
I don't think that is even possible with a plane of this size.

 

[PanzerKiel]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1263817721550077954

The pic is of Lt Balach, who also died. Not of Hamza Yusuf.

But both engines are damaged on the bottom which raises the speculation that plane attempted belly landing and engines touched the runway and then pilot aborted.
I don't think that is even possible with a plane of this size.

The damage you see is hardly enough to correspond to an attempted belly landing .

 

[PakSword]

Well, Model Colony is not a trash free area, opps whole Karachi isn't! There is no way to fix our people, we need to move the airport. I am sure Zardari's friends can assist in finding a proper location.

If you look at the above photo, you can see black kite bird above the plane. And what I have seen all my life living in Karachi, black kites don't come in single digits.

Model colony (just like any other area of Karachi) has been converted into a trash dump. CAA has the responsibility to maintain the area of 8 km radius around the airport, and it does. But like you said, what to do about the people?

 

[Counter-Errorist]

Aborted means it was called off before the plane started out.

What do you make of the engine damage? Could that be a result of an aborted belly landing?
Seeing as both engines have very similar and angled damage, it seems more like a scrape than a bird strike.

 

[airomerix]

The APU being unserviceable may sound horrible but it is a common practice among more than a few airlines including emirates, southwest, frontier and so on.

It definitely is. But it changes the odds drastically for the worse in the event of similar emergencies.

 

[PanzerKiel]

What do you make of the engine damage? Could that be a result of an aborted belly landing?
Seeing as both engines have very similar and angled damage, it seems more like a scrape than a bird strike.

If the plane had indeed landed on its belly, then there should have been no reason for the pilot to lift off again.... Especially with the plane on the ground and landing gear already out of order...if he would have tried to lift off again with the plane on its belly instead of on wheels, then the damage would have been horrendous due to the opposite force on the plane due to engines thrust.

 

[Counter-Errorist]

What do you make of the engine damage? Could that be a result of an aborted belly landing?
Seeing as both engines have very similar and angled damage, it seems more like a scrape than a bird strike.

FlightRadar graph shared earlier suggests an attempted landing too.

 

[PakSword]

What do you make of the engine damage? Could that be a result of an aborted belly landing?
Seeing as both engines have very similar and angled damage, it seems more like a scrape than a bird strike.

Bhai aborted belly landing doesn't mean that the belly and engines touched the runway and then plane again took off.

Engine damage may point to fire inside the engine.

 

[PanzerKiel]

FlightRadar graph shared earlier suggests an attempted landing too.

Exactly, that was an attempted landing, not a landing.... Following which the pilot was probably told to go around.

 

[Philosopher]

I pray Allah grants all the departed souls entry into Jannah.

 

[PakSword]

What do you make of the engine damage? Could that be a result of an aborted belly landing?
Seeing as both engines have very similar and angled damage, it seems more like a scrape than a bird strike.

This is what a bird strike looks like:

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[jamahir]

There were 91 passengers on board

My commiserations for those on board and those caught up on the ground.

 

[masterchief_mirza]

Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi rajioun.