Date: March
26, 2000
Type: Boeing
747-217B
Registration: AP-BCO
C/n: 20927
Year built: 1974
Crew: 0
fatalities/16 on board
Passengers: 0
fatalities/0 on board
Total: 0
fatalities/16 on board
Location: Jeddah - King
Abdul Aziz International Airport (Saudi Arabia)
Phase: Landing
Nature: Ferry
Flight: - Jeddah
Flight number:
Remarks: On
landing after a ferry flight with no passengers, the aircraft's right outer
engine number 4 (Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7A) caught fire. Cockpit crew managed to extinguish the flames with the 2nd
bottle, but local fire fighters had to put out the fire after it re-ignited. All
16 crew members were evacuated without injury. The
aircraft sustained damage to the engine, cowling, pylon and adjacent wing
fairing. After repairs, this aircraft was put back into service.
Probable Cause: Fractured
fuel supply tube in pylon.
Source:
NTSB
Date: May
25, 2001
Time:
5:30 PM
Type: Airbus
A300B4-203
Registration: AP-BBV
C/n: 144
Year built: 1981
Crew: 0
fatalities/15 on board
Passengers: 0
fatalities/250 on board
Total:
0 fatalities/265 on board
Location: Lahore;
110 miles (Pakistan)
Phase:
Cruise
Nature: Scheduled
passenger
Flight: Lahore
- Karachi
Flight number: PK-305
Remarks: The
Karachi bound flight
PK-305 took off from Lahore Airport at 5:00 PM. About half an hour later
there was an explosion caused by the rupture of aft pressure bulkhead at the altitude of
28,000 feet. The broken components jammed the elevator control, ruptured the
hydraulic lines and the fuel lines. The Airbus went into a climb and then went
into a dive. The crew was able to recover the aircraft from the dive at 8,000
feet. The aircraft was turned back to Lahore and made an emergency landing.
There were no serious injuries to the passengers or crew. Findings of
investigation indicated that pressure bulkhead failure was due to unnoticed
corrosion caused by its proximity to a lavatory.
Source: Special
thanks to Dr. Shazia
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Airbus
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AP-BBV
involved in above described accident |
Date: October
17, 2001
Time:
2:15 AM
Type: Airbus
A300B4-203
Registration:
AP-BCJ
C/n: 268
Year built:
1983
Crew: 0
fatalities/11 on board
Passengers:
0
fatalities/193 on board
Total: 0
fatalities/204 on board
Location: Dubai
International Airport (United Arab Emirates)
Phase: Landing
Nature: Scheduled
passenger
Flight: Islamabad
- Peshawar - Dubai
Flight number:
PK-231
Remarks: Flight
PK-231 from Islamabad via Peshawar veered off the side of the runway at Dubai
after the right-hand main landing gear collapsed as it touched down. The
aircraft skidded and eventually came to rest in sand 50 meters away from the
runway. The aircraft sustained damage to its right wing structure and its no.2
engine, which partly broke off the wing. According to a press release by UAE's
General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), the approach and landing of the
aircraft was normal. But during the landing roll, the aircraft left the right
side of the runway at slow speed and came to rest on the un-prepared surface 50
meters away from the runway facing 90 degree to the landing direction. All 193
passengers and 11 crew were evacuated safely. The 21 passengers suffering slight
injuries were treated at Dubai Airport's medical center. Investigation by GCAA
reveals failure of the right main landing gear as the main cause of accident.
Source: Khaleej
Times
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Airbus
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© Wide World Photos) |
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AP-BCJ
after its accident at Dubai International Airport on
October 17, 2001 |
Date:
July 20, 2003
Time: 3:45 AM
Type:
Boeing 747-240B Combi
Registration:
AP-BAK
C/n:
21825
Year built:
1979
Crew:
0 fatalities/ 16 on board
Passengers:
0 fatalities/ 248 on board
Total:
0 fatalities/ 264 on board
Location:
Islamabad (Pakistan)
Phase:
Takeoff run
Nature:
Scheduled passenger
Flight:
Islamabad - Manchester - New York
Flight
number: PK-717
Remarks:
Flight PK-717 aborted takeoff after experiencing problem with engine number two
around 3:45 AM. The aircraft came to rest near the end of Runway 30 and all its
sixteen main landing gear tyres deflated. Due to Boeing 747 with deflated tyres
the runway became unavailable for jet aircraft operations. Spare tyres for the
aircraft were flown from Lahore to Islamabad by a number of PIA Fokker F27
Friendship turboprop aircraft relief flights. The runway was reopened for flight
operations at 7:50 PM after removal of the aircraft from runway.
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Boeing 747-240B Combi
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AP-BAK after
aborted takeoff at Islamabad Airport on July 20, 2003 |
Date:
March 01, 2004
Time:
1:40 AM
Type:
Airbus A300B4-203
Registration:
AP-BBA
C/n:
114
Year built:
1980
Crew:
0 fatalities/12 on board
Passengers:
0 fatalities/261 on board
Total:
0 fatalities/273 on board
Location:
Jeddah - King Abdul Aziz International Airport (Saudi Arabia)
Phase:
Take off
Nature:
Scheduled passenger
Flight:
Jeddah - Quetta
Flight number:
PK-2002
Remarks:
Takeoff was aborted at very high speed after the left main gear tyres blew.
Undercarriage suffered serious damage, flying metal pieces from fragmented wheel
assemblies of nose gear struck fan blades of both engines and caused serious
damage to both engines. Aircraft declared constructive total loss and withdrawn
from use. According to investigations conducted by Saudi authorities, defective
tyres were the cause of this accident.
Source:
ATDB
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Airbus A300B4-203
(Copyright © Sabi Akhter) |
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AP-BBA seen
after meeting accident at Jeddah Airport, Saudi Arabia, on March
1, 2004 |
