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

[StormBreaker]

Seems a bird strike on approach. Lately, there have been too many birds in that area, specially the populated area. A plane can't lose both engines simultaneously unless big birds such as black kites, which are in plenty in Karachi nowadays, strike the plane. These birds fly high and in large numbers.

They are all Shuhada, the passengers as well as those who died on the ground. Also, they are gone in the blessed month of Ramadan, in shaa Allah they are going to Jannah directly. May Allah give sabr to the kins of those who died.

The Final Prophet (Peace be upon him) said, “The martyrs are seven, other than the one who is killed in the Way of Allaah, Ta’aalaa:
– one who dies of plague,
– one who drowns,
– one who dies of pleurisy,
– one who dies of stomachache,
– one who dies due to burning
– one who dies under a demolition (by accident)
– a woman who dies with a baby in her womb.”

(Maalik, Aboo Dawood, An-Nasaaee, Ibn Maajah, Ibn Hibban, Haakim, Ahmad. Authenticated by Sheikh Muhammad Nasir-ud-Deen al-Albani)

May Allah give speedy recovery to the wounded.

Allah gifted them paradise in the almost last day of Ramadan,

What a gift for them, Yet we are left with deep sorrow and grief over the tragedy, As if the pandemic and financial crisis weren’t enough...

The reason why some people survived is because of the buildings it fell on,
Usually, It is recommended in sky diving, If chute fails, Try to land on a building roof, Like a hut, Which has high chance of breaking upon impact and hence, Momentum impacted, Energy lost to the structure, Impact effect greatly reduced.

The buildings most probably 3 storey, They sort of helped the plane from completely going zero with the ground

 

[El Sidd]

The recent "Certificate of Maintenance Review" issued for AP-BLD, on 28-04-2020 was valid till 25-10-2020.

As per the Certificate
Type: A320-214,
Reg: AP-BLD
Hours: 47,108
Cycles: 25,860

Certificate approved by Chief Engineer Quality Assurance, PIA J.I.A.P. Karachi, Noorul Qadir. AME No. 1436 on 28 April 2020.

Who gave clearance to fly from Lahore? What was this plane's penultimate completed trip?

 

[StormBreaker]

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Look at the engines. Look jagged and burnt on the bottom.

Where is the gearbox located in Turbofans ?

 

[BHarwana]

We have 3 confirmed survivors till now. Hope for more is there please pray for them .

 

[Baghial]

Condolences to the families of the victims. What a heart wrenching incident. A flight that landed to heaven on juma tul wida. Really saddening

 

[El Sidd]

We have 3 confirmed survivors till now. Hope for more is there please pray for them .

from the plane or the crash site? there are 2 different legal crash sites at play here.

 

[Counter-Errorist]

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Look at the engines. Look jagged and burnt on the bottom.

Aborted belly landing?

 

[Baghial]

Huge respect for@AlkhidmatOrg
, distribution of aftaar among forces, rescue staff in model colony.plane crash
.

 

[DalalErMaNodi]

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الله يلعنكم some people have no humanity in them

 

[Counter-Errorist]

Aborted belly landing?

This might be why the engines failed.

Landing gear issue. Pilot attempts belly landing. Aborts. While doing a go around for next attempt, engines give out from damage.

 

[WebMaster]

This is why I am pretty sure it is a bird strike.. but anyway it's my opinion.. let the investigation results come and only then we can ascertain the exact reason.

This is from 2019 article on pkaviation:

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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.

 

[Safriz]

Aborted belly landing?

Doesn't look like. The belly of the plane has no scraping marks

 

[Aspen]

I spotted this aircraft few years ago. RIP to those who perished

 

[SQ8]

1)RAM air turbine deployed which means, both engines failed an APU failed or was out of service(mostly in PIA a320s)

2) the black soot emerging from within the engine cowlings, this may have been caused by the IDGs which generates electricity for the plane and is the most changed component of the engine, it probably ran out of oil and overheated.

The pilots had no power and relied on RAT and once reaching approach speeds it was useless too.

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.

 

[PanzerKiel]

Doesn't look like. The belly of the plane has no scraping marks

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