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One hurt, engine damaged after PIA plane, coaster collision

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One hurt, engine damaged after PIA plane, coaster collision


RAWALPINDI (updated on: March 13, 2006, 18:34 PST): The airplane of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) hit a coaster at the runway of the Islamabad international airport on Monday that damaged an engine of the plane while injuring the driver of the coaster.

As per details, the PIA plane PK-785 with 118 passengers onboard was bound to London. As long as the plane started take-off at 12 noon it collided with a coaster returning after offloading passengers of the Saudi Airlines. The engine number 4 of the airplane was damaged and the coaster was destroyed. The driver of the coaster was immediately shifted to the hospital.

Manager Islamabad international airport, Muhammad Ishfaq Hussain told that all the passengers were dislodged from the plane safely and were transferred to another plane to carry them for London.

He said that an investigative committee has been constituted that would submit the report within 24 hours.


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What was the type of the aircraft? And did the plan take off or it stopped before the end of the runway?...very special accident... :shock:
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flyingsystem wrote:What was the type of the aircraft? And did the plan take off or it stopped before the end of the runway?...very special accident... :shock:
Yes, looks like a serious accident, aircraft must be a Boeing 747, probably series -300.
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flyingsystem wrote:What was the type of the aircraft? And did the plan take off or it stopped before the end of the runway?...very special accident... :shock:
PK785 always operates 743's. What a freak accident, if it is true. I don't think the article is written very well.
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Asslam u alikum

It seems for me it is coster driver mistake.
2nd Why most of accidents happen at ISB ??
3rd The report is saying that the coster was coming after offloading passengers. Thats mean the coster was in Parking area so HOW IT WENT TO THE RUNWAY SIDE???!!!!!
Other wise he hited the a/c in the parking.

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Whait a little more before discussing about it because it seems its very 'hot' news: there is nothing for the moment about it on "Daily Jang" and "Daily Times". I dont know for the other news papers...
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From the new description in the original, the driver must have come behind the engines when aircraft was powering engines up to taxi to run way. Even that amount of thrust can be very lethal but how he collided with the aircraft, i am not sure.
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UK-bound plane damaged as vehicle hits it

ISLAMABAD: A vehicle of private airport service collided with London-bound Boeing 747 plane (flight PK-785) and damaged its engine.

The PIA flight PK-785 with 120 passengers on board was to fly for London when suddenly the vehicle (No. 074) of Shaheen Airport Services hit the plane engine no. 4 when it was moving towards the runway. The accident panicked the Civil Aviation Authorities and Airport Security Force personnel who rushed to the scene and took the vehicle driver Nasir Ahmed in custody. The authorities have launched investigation into the incident to ascertain whether the incident was just an accident or a terrorism bid. Civil Aviation authorities said although the accident caused minor damage to the aircraft engine but it had been grounded as a precaution.

Source: The News (March 14, 2006)
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Whats the reg. of the plane ?
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PIA Jumbo’s take-off aborted after accident

ISLAMABAD, March 13:
A Boeing 747 of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), with 113 people aboard, was grounded after a Shaheen Airport Services (SAS) coach rammed into it and damaged one of its engines at the Islamabad International Airport on Monday.

There were two infants among the passengers, all of whom were unhurt.

A spokesman of the airline, however, said that an investigation team was due from Karachi and as part of the preliminary inquiry, statements of pilot Naeem Razaq and coaster’s driver Mohammad Naseer had been recorded.

The authorities said that the plane, on a flight to London, was taxiing for take-off at 11:40am when the coaster rammed into its engine No4.

The aircraft's engine and the windscreen of the coaster were damaged in the accident.

The coaster’s driver, who is said to be an ex-armyman, was returning after dropping passengers for another plane when his vehicle rammed into the aircraft. The passengers on board and the driver were unhurt.

A Shaheen Airport Services official said that the driver, apparently could not judge the distance between the plane and his vehicle because of heavy rain.

The passengers were moved to another plane which took off at 2:10pm.

Source: DAWN

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Thanks for the article br Abbas :)
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Plane carrying accident probe team grounded

ISLAMABAD, March 13:
A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane carrying a team of engineers and experts from Karachi for investigating into an accident in which an engine of a Boeing 747 was damaged after it was hit by a coach at the Islamabad airport earlier in the day was itself grounded when its hydraulic oil started leaking.

The pilot noticed the fault and stopped the plane.

A PIA spokesman said that the oil leak was noticed after the plane was taxiing on the runway after landing. The plane was moved to a bay by a tug-master.

He said that the accident caused a delay in two PIA flights, one from Quetta and the other from Lahore. A private airline’s flight was also delayed.

Meanwhile, a PIA Airbus A310-300 is also reported to have been grounded when its wheels heated up during taxiing.

Source: DAWN
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That 'private' airline that was delayed was the ED A321 I was on. We circled the airport for a good 50 mins as that damn tug took that long to pull it off the runway.
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