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Date: June 24, 2014

Time: 11:00 PM

Type: Airbus A310-324ET

Registration: AP-BGN

C/n: 676

Year built: 1993

Crew: 0 fatalities/12 on board

Passengers: 1 fatalities/178 on board

Total: 1 fatalities/190 on board

Location: Peshawar (Pakistan)

Phase: Landing approach

Nature: Scheduled passenger

Flight: Riyadh - Peshawar

Flight number: PK-756

Remarks: Flight PK-756 received ground gunfire hits during landing approach to Peshawar Airport on June 24, 2014. A female passenger received fatal bullet injury. Two male flight attendants received non-fatal bullet injuries. The aircraft landed safely at Peshawar Airport. It was repaired and returned to service.

PIA Airbus A310-324ET

Airbus A310-324ET  (Abbas Ali Collection)

PIA Airbus A310-324ET registration AP-BGN after landing at Bacha Khan International Air Port (BKIAP) - Peshawar on June 24, 2014

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Date: August 8, 2016

Time: 1:33 PM

Type: Airbus A320-214

Registration: AP-BLA

C/n: 3031

Year built: 2007

Crew: 0 fatalities/? on board

Passengers: 0 fatalities/? on board

Total: 0 fatalities/123 on board

Location: Benazir Bhutto International Air Port (BBIAP) - Islamabad (Pakistan)

Phase: Landing roll

Nature: Scheduled passenger

Flight: Islamabad - Skardu

Flight number: PK-451

Remarks: Flight PK-451 was scheduled to depart from Islamabad at 8:00 AM for Skardu but was delayed due to some technical issue with the aircraft. The aircraft departed from Islamabad at 12:49 PM for Skardu. During the flight, cockpit crew observed some problem with aircraft's hydraulic system and opted to return to Islamabad. The A320 landed at Islamabad at 1:33 PM but veered off the runway during landing roll and came to rest on grassy surface. Aircraft engines suffered foreign object damage (FOD). All passengers and crew members remained safe and were evacuated through mobile stairs. The aircraft was grounded for repairs.

PIA Airbus A320-214

Airbus A320-214  (Abbas Ali Collection)

PIA Airbus A320-214 registration AP-BLA after veering off the runway at Benazir Bhutto International Air Port (BBIAP) - Islamabad on August 8, 2016

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Date: December 7, 2016

Time: 4:21 PM

Type: ATR 42-500

Registration: AP-BHO

C/n: 663

Year built: 2007

Crew: 5 fatalities/5 on board

Passengers: 42 fatalities/42 on board

Total: 47 fatalities/47 on board

Location: Near Havelian, Abbottabad (Pakistan)

Phase: Cruise

Nature: Scheduled passenger

Flight: Chitral - Islamabad

Flight number: PK-661

Remarks: PK-661 departed from Chitral at 3:38 PM for flight to Islamabad. At 4:09 PM, the flight was handed over from Cherat to Islamabad air traffic control. The aircraft appeared on Islamabad radar at 4:12 PM. At 4:14 PM, the ATR reported failure of an engine and gave Mayday call. The aircraft began descending at 4:15 PM. Another Mayday call was received from the aircraft. Nothing further was heard from the aircraft after its cockpit replied "standby" at 4:20 PM. The aircraft crashed into a hill near village Saddah Batolni, near Havelian, Abbbottabad, and its wreckage caught fire.

PIA ATR 42-500

ATR 42-500  (Abbas Ali Collection)

PIA ATR 42-500 registration AP-BHO wreckage piece at crash site on a hill near Havelian, Abbottabad

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Date: January 3, 2017

Time: 5:51 PM

Type: Boeing 777-240LR

Registration: AP-BGY

C/n: 33781

Year Built: 2005

Crew: 0 fatalities/? on board

Passengers: 0 fatalities/? on board

Total: 0 fatalities/? on board

Location: Toronto Pearson International Airport (Canada)

Phase: Taxiing

Nature: Scheduled passenger

Flight: Karachi - Lahore - Toronto

Flight number: PK-789

Remarks: Starboard side wing tip of AP-BGY touched port side wing tip Air France Boeing 777-228ER registration F-GSPP parked at Toronto Pearson International Airport. The incident happened when AP-BGY was taxiing towards jet bridge after arriving as flight PK-789 from Karachi via Lahore. The Air France Boeing 777 had arrived at the airport at 4:45 PM as flight AF-356 from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport. Both Boeing 777s were grounded for inspections and repairs. On January 6, AP-BGY departed from Toronto as flight PK-790 to Lahore.

PIA Boeing 777-240LR

Boeing 777-240LR  (Abbas Ali Collection)

Starboard side wing tip of PIA Boeing 777 (AP-BGY) and port side wing tip of Air France Boeing 777 (F-GSPP) being inspected at Toronto Pearson International Airport - Canada on January 3, 2017

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Date: July 11, 2017

Type: Airbus A320-214

Registration: AP-BLB

C/n: 2155

Year Built: 2004

Crew: 0 fatalities/? on board

Passengers: 0 fatalities/? on board

Total: 0 fatalities/? on board

Location: Peshawar (Pakistan)

Phase: Landing approach

Nature: Scheduled passenger

Flight: Abu Dhabi - Peshawar

Flight number: PK-218

Remarks: Port side wing root fairing panel was damaged by bird hit when flight PK-218 was approaching Bacha Khan International Air Port (BKIAP), Peshawar, for landing. The A320 landed safely at the airport and returned to service on the same day after getting damaged fairing panel replaced.

PIA Airbus A320-214

Airbus A320-214  (Abbas Ali Collection)

Port side wing root fairing of AP-BLB damaged by bird hit photographed at Peshawar Airport on July 11, 2017

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Date: September 5, 2017

Type: Airbus A320-214

Registration: AP-BLD

C/n: 2274

Year Built: 2004

Crew: 0 fatalities/? on board

Passengers: 0 fatalities/? on board

Total: 0 fatalities/? on board

Location: Lahore (Pakistan)

Phase: Landing

Nature: Scheduled passenger

Flight: Abu Dhabi - Rahim Yar Khan - Lahore

Flight number: PK-296

Remarks: Flight PK-296 during landing approach to Lahore Airport experienced hydraulic problem. The A320 landed at Lahore at 4:54 AM and remained stranded on runway for about eleven minutes with opened landing gear doors and engine thrust reversers unstowed. It was towed from runway to parking bay.

PIA Airbus A320-214

Airbus A320-214  (Abbas Ali Collection)

AP-BLD with opened landing gear doors and unstowed thrust reversers of engine number one at Lahore Airport on September 5, 2017

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Date: October 11, 2017

Type: Airbus A320-214

Registration: AP-BLU

C/n: 2719

Year Built: 2006

Crew: 0 fatalities/6 on board

Passengers: 0 fatalities/134 on board

Total: 0 fatalities/140 on board

Location: Lahore (Pakistan)

Phase: Landing

Nature: Scheduled passenger

Flight: Sialkot - Riyadh

Flight number: PK-755

Remarks: AP-BLU departed from Sialkot at 6:18 AM as flight PK-755 to Riyadh. During the flight, a cargo compartment smoke indication was received in the cockpit. The cockpit crew used cargo compartment fire suppression system and diverted the flight to Lahore where the A320 landed at 6:42 AM. The aircraft taxied to a parking bay where passengers disembarked through mobile stairs. A thorough search of the aircraft did not reveal any evidence of smoke or fire in cargo compartment.

PIA Airbus A320-214

Airbus A320-214  (Abbas Ali Collection)

AP-BLU after landing at Lahore Airport on October 11, 2017

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Date: June 5, 2018

Type: Airbus A320-214

Registration: AP-BLV

C/n: 2758

Year Built: 2006

Crew: 0 fatalities/? on board

Passengers: 0 fatalities/? on board

Location: Allama Iqbal International Airport - Lahore (Pakistan)

Phase: Ground

Nature: Scheduled passenger

Flight: Dammam - Sialkot

Flight Number: PK-244

Remarks: The A320 performing flight PK-244 from Dammam to Sialkot diverted to Lahore Airport due to bad weather near Sialkot. The aircraft landed in Lahore at 6:03 PM. A storm struck Lahore Airport when the aircraft was served by mobile stairs on port side and an ambulift on starboard side. The storm pushed the aircraft sideways to starboard side. Due to aircraft's movement, its engine number one cowling collided with mobile stairs. On the starboard side, the aircraft's forward baggage/cargo hold door got damaged by ambulift. The aircraft was grounded and passengers of flight PK-244 were sent to Sialkot by road from Lahore. After completion of initial repairs, the aircraft was ferried from Lahore to Karachi as flight PK-8307 on June 6. The A320 returned to service when it departed from Karachi as flight PK-350 to Peshawar on June 7.

PIA Airbus A320-214

Airbus A320-214  (Abbas Ali Collection)

AP-BLV pushed by storm and damaged by mobile stairs on port side and ambulift by starboard at Lahore Airport on June 5, 2018

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Date: June 5, 2018

Type: ATR 72-500

Registration: AP-BKY

C/n: 994

Year Built: 2012

Crew: 0 fatalities/? on board

Passengers: 0 fatalities/? on board

Location: Allama Iqbal International Airport - Lahore (Pakistan)

Phase: Ground

Remarks: The ATR had arrived in Lahore as flight PK-684 from Multan and was being prepared to perform flight PK-654 to Islamabad when a storm struck Lahore Airport. Due to force of the storm, the aircraft's nose section on port side was hit and slashed by ground equipment. The aircraft was grounded and flight PK-654 cancelled. After repairs, the aircraft returned to service and departed from Lahore as flight PK-654 to Islamabad on June 7.

PIA ATR 72-500

ATR 72-500  (Abbas Ali Collection)

AP-BKY nose section skin damaged by ground equipment during storm at Lahore Airport on June 5, 2018

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Date: November 10, 2018

Type: ATR 72-500

Registration: AP-BKY

C/n: 994

Year Built: 2012

Crew: 0 fatalities/? on board

Passengers: 0 fatalities/54 on board

Location: Panjgur Airport (Pakistan)

Phase: Landing

Nature: Scheduled passenger

Flight: Karachi - Panjgur

Flight Number: PK-517

Remarks: The was unable to stop on runway after landing at Panjgur Airport and overran the runway. A main landing gear tyre got deflated on rough surface. All passengers and crew remained safe and disembarked the aircraft. The aircraft was brought back on runway and moved to a parking bay on November 11.

PIA ATR 72-500

ATR 72-500  (Abbas Ali Collection)

AP-BKY on rough surface and a deflated main landing gear tyre after overrunning runway during landing at Panjgur Airport on November 10, 2018

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