PIA Lahore to Karachi Airbus A320 Flight Crashes
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There were recommendations and safety advisories issued by AAIB after the ABQ 202 crash and NL 142 crash landing regarding the pilots training, their behavior and how they made approaches can anyone confirm that they were implemented? Especially the NL 142 one’s or are we repeating the same mistakes?
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Today, PIA Airbus A320 (aircraft registration AP-BLU) performed Lahore to Karachi flight PK8303.
PIA does not retire crashed aircraft flight numbers, according to news sources.

Source: flightradar24.com

Source: flightradar24.com
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PIA does not retire crashed aircraft flight numbers, according to news sources.

Source: flightradar24.com

Source: flightradar24.com
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They don’t get landing clearance by Approach if they have to be handed over to tower. Approach says “Continue Approach, contact tower 118.3”.oozeman64 wrote: Mon May 25, 2020 2:43 pmThis is actually something that happens at karachi, a similar instance is when planes get cleared to land by approach control before being handed over to tower. Such instances should never occur.Abbas Ali wrote: Mon May 25, 2020 2:16 pm
Cockpit crew communicated with Approach Radar instead of Control Tower, according to Geo News.
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Approach can only give landing clearance if the aircraft has to be tuned in with them till the time they vacate the runway.
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I asked same from a friend who regularly flies a private jet to OPKC . According him in these days of COVID19, a number of approach and ATC positions are handled by same persons. Often they find same person on radio after a frequency change. Cant say how true is this and is it allowed by rules.oozeman64 wrote: Mon May 25, 2020 2:43 pmThis is actually something that happens at karachi, a similar instance is when planes get cleared to land by approach control before being handed over to tower. Such instances should never occur.Abbas Ali wrote: Mon May 25, 2020 2:16 pm
Cockpit crew communicated with Approach Radar instead of Control Tower, according to Geo News.
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Flight recorders, Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) and Flight Data Recorder (FDR), of crashed PIA A320 will be sent to France for decoding.
According to news sources, the FDR was recovered from crash site today.

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You're right approach doesnt give landing clearences, but i have spoken to the captain of an a320 and he has told me that at least on one occasion, he was cleared to land before being handed over to tower.A310 wrote: Mon May 25, 2020 4:35 pmThey don’t get landing clearance by Approach if they have to be handed over to tower. Approach says “Continue Approach, contact tower 118.3”.oozeman64 wrote: Mon May 25, 2020 2:43 pmThis is actually something that happens at karachi, a similar instance is when planes get cleared to land by approach control before being handed over to tower. Such instances should never occur.Abbas Ali wrote: Mon May 25, 2020 2:16 pm
Cockpit crew communicated with Approach Radar instead of Control Tower, according to Geo News.
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Approach can only give landing clearance if the aircraft has to be tuned in with them till the time they vacate the runway.
Although this could be an isolated incident.
This doesn't really help us in the PK8303 accident but it may show us that SOPs aren't strictly adhered to by ATC.
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Oh that could be a possibility.TAILWIND wrote: Mon May 25, 2020 5:01 pmI asked same from a friend who regularly flies a private jet to OPKC . According him in these days of COVID19, a number of approach and ATC positions are handled by same persons. Often they find same person on radio after a frequency change. Cant say how true is this and is it allowed by rules.oozeman64 wrote: Mon May 25, 2020 2:43 pmThis is actually something that happens at karachi, a similar instance is when planes get cleared to land by approach control before being handed over to tower. Such instances should never occur.Abbas Ali wrote: Mon May 25, 2020 2:16 pm
Cockpit crew communicated with Approach Radar instead of Control Tower, according to Geo News.
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I have heard of one controller controlling on two different frequencies, however I don't know if it is allowed for one person to control two positions at the same time, such as approach/tower.
Can anyone confirm this?
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Seat numbers of two lucky survivors:
Seat Number: 1C
Passenger Name: Zafar Masud
Seat Number: 8F
Passenger Name: Muhammad Zubair
Seat map of PIA Airbus A320 aircraft registration AP-BLD.

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Seat Number: 1C
Passenger Name: Zafar Masud
Seat Number: 8F
Passenger Name: Muhammad Zubair
Seat map of PIA Airbus A320 aircraft registration AP-BLD.

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Airbus investigators just taken off from France inbound to KHI.
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Airbus is sending a team of technical advisors to Karachi as part of the investigation into #PK8303.
Live tracking of A330-800 neo
https://t.co/lOnuZwAfso
Live tracking of A330-800 neo
https://t.co/lOnuZwAfso
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Airbus A330-800 (aircraft registration F-WTTO) performing Airbus flight AIB1888 from Toulouse to Karachi.
The aircraft is carrying team that will investigate May 22, 2020, crash of PIA Airbus A320 (AP-BLD) Lahore to Karachi flight PK8303.

Source: flightradar24.com
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The aircraft is carrying team that will investigate May 22, 2020, crash of PIA Airbus A320 (AP-BLD) Lahore to Karachi flight PK8303.

Source: flightradar24.com
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Another aspect about not to speculate or at least have opinion / argument with respect. What if someone from deceased family reading all.
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my old friend retired worked ATC long time and he said that ATC salary wage high income very good money more than Rs.100,000 every month. ATC staff full responsibility to look after take care of all aircrafts during take off and landing. My friend ATC work Heathrow London LHR airport high income salary £100,000 year. Long time ago December 1985 I visited ATC Karachi airport it very good ATC staff. Wait and see till investigate and full report hopefully soon.
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A great amount of focus is on the Captain.
As a general statement, any responsibility, praise, criticism should be shared. The Pilots try to do their job in a manner that allows them both to return home to their families. That takes care of the passengers and the rest of the crew too.
Mistakes and errors are part of being a human. Sometimes one thing can set off a series of escalating events, a cascade effect. The ‘why’ is much more important than the ‘who’.
One thing I’ve not seen mentioned and would like to ask. From the pictures of the respected Captain, I saw a star on each epaulet. Does this denote his rank as a Training Captain?
As a general statement, any responsibility, praise, criticism should be shared. The Pilots try to do their job in a manner that allows them both to return home to their families. That takes care of the passengers and the rest of the crew too.
Mistakes and errors are part of being a human. Sometimes one thing can set off a series of escalating events, a cascade effect. The ‘why’ is much more important than the ‘who’.
One thing I’ve not seen mentioned and would like to ask. From the pictures of the respected Captain, I saw a star on each epaulet. Does this denote his rank as a Training Captain?
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^ All PIA aircraft captains have four stripes and star.
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