PIA ATR Runway Excursion Incident at Gilgit Airport

[Boomin Bomber IJ]

Passenger video of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) ATR 42-500 (AP-BHP) flight PK-605 from Islamabad overshooting runway during landing roll at Gilgit Airport on July 20, 2019.



Abbas

Did I fail to hear any 'signs' indicating reverse thrust was deployed after touchdown?

[TAILWIND]

PIA Press Release

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The flight PK-605 flew from Islamabad for Gilgit on Saturday morning. The pilot skillfully in control landed the aircraft and all passengers were safe and no injury was caused to any one. The return flight to Islamabad took off with passengers after a delay of three hours.

What a mischievously worded statement. As if same aircraft took-off again with a delay of three hours.

CEO PIA, Air Marshal Arshad Malik has thanked Corps Commander 10 Corps Lieutenant General Bilal Akbar and Air Vice Marshal Moeed Khan, Air Officer Commanding Northern Air Command for the swift and prompt support at Gilgit Airport, PIA spokesman concluded.

Why not thank local civil administration, and CAA???

Source: PIA Press Release

[Abbas Ali]

Safety Investigation Board (SIB) team is working at Gilgit Airport.


Aircraft will be removed from its resting place after completion of investigation work at the site.

Flight operations continue normally at Gilgit Airport.

PIA Engineering team is also present with equipment for removing the aircraft from accident site.

Statements of aircraft's cockpit and cabin crew have been recorded by investigators.

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

According to news sources:

* Investigation team has completed inspection of the aircraft at its final resting place.

* PIA Engineering team has begun recovery of ATR 42-500 (AP-BHP) damaged at Gilgit Airport.

* The aircraft is balanced with the help of cranes.

* Tomorrow it will be moved to paved surface.

* The aircraft's starboard side wing, right-hand side main landing gear and right-side/engine number two are badly damaged.

* PIA Engineering team will assess damaged suffered by the aircraft and submit report to airline's CEO Air Marshal Arshad Malik.

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

PIA ATR 42-500 (AP-BHP) recovery work at Gilgit Airport on July 21, 2019.









Abbas

[Charliedelta11]

How would the recovery process work in a remote airport like Gilgit? Since there is probably just a skeleton maintenance crew there, after the aircraft is brought onto some sort of paved surface, what exactly will happen to ascertain structural integrity and so on. Asking out of curiosity.

[Abbas Ali]

News channels are reporting that the aircraft will be moved to a hangar at Gilgit Airport on July 22. Does Gilgit Airport have a hangar?

PIA ATR 42-500 registration AP-BHO was repaired inside a hangar at Lahore Airport in 2010.



Maybe a makeshift hood hangar tent to be constructed at Gilgit Airport to repair the aircraft (in case it's repairable) like this one at Chittagong Airport in East Pakistan to repair PIA Fokker F27 Friendship registration AP-ALX in 1966.





Abbas

[TAILWIND]

Can we have the official approach procedure for OPGT Rwy25?

[iTechno8]

Can we have the official approach procedure for OPGT Rwy25?

Resembling the official approach procedure published by PIA

https://www.theairlinepilots.com/foruma ... it-ops.pdf

[iTechno8]

Pakistan Army troops arranging to move the aircraft. Maybe it can be repaired at Gilgit too?

[TAILWIND]

........ what exactly will happen to ascertain structural integrity and so on. Asking out of curiosity.

Every aircraft has a Structural Repair Manual (SRM), which gives in detail the permissible repair procedure for damages depending upon:
1 - the type of damage i.e crack, puncture, fracture, dis bonding, breakage etc
2 - Extent of damage i.e how big, deep, wide is teh damage.
and most importantly
3 Location of the damage.

Normal damages are assessed as per criteria is given in the SRM, and if within SRM limits, there would be a corresponding generic or specific repair procedure and it can be carried out by the operator. However if the damage is out of the SRM limits, it is mapped and sent to manufacturer who then carries out a detail analysis and if found technically repairable, sends a detailed repair scheme.

Hope this helps

[Abbas Ali]

The damaged PIA ATR 42-500 (AP-BHP) has been moved to paved surface at Gilgit Airport and will be ferried to Islamabad apparently after temporary repairs at Gilgit.



Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

Initial investigation reveals late touch down with high speed as the cause of PIA ATR 42-500 (AP-BHP) accident at Gilgit Airport, said Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan in programme 'Khara Such' hosted by Mubasher Lucman on 24 news channel.

Abbas

[faisal-777]

On a clear day with good visibility, dry runway, an aircraft overshooting a runway can only be a serious piloting error. There is no 2nd opinion, unless you are friends with the pilots.

[Abbas Ali]

Do Pakistani airports have surveillance cameras to record entire day's aircraft landings and takeoffs?

Surveillance cameras footage can help investigators.

Abbas