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Airblue Flight 202

Coordinates: 33°44′23″N 73°3′29″E / 33.73972°N 73.05806°E / 33.73972; 73.05806
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Airblue Flight 202
File:A321-200.jpg
An Airblue Airbus A321-200, similar to the aircraft involved in the accident
Accident
Date28 July 2010
SiteMargalla Hills, Pakistan
33°44′23″N 73°3′29″E / 33.73972°N 73.05806°E / 33.73972; 73.05806
Aircraft
Aircraft typeAirbus A321-200
OperatorAirblue
RegistrationAP-BJB
Flight originJinnah International Airport, Karachi, Pakistan
DestinationBenazir Bhutto International Airport, Islamabad, Pakistan
Passengers146
Crew6
Fatalities152 (all)[1]

Airblue Flight 202 was an Airblue passenger flight operated by an Airbus A321-200, that, on 28 July 2010, crashed near Islamabad, Pakistan, after the flight crew reportedly lost contact with air traffic controllers[2] whilst attempting to land in fog and heavy rain.[3] 146 passengers and six crew were on board.[4] The plane crashed in the Margalla Hills while travelling from Karachi to Islamabad.[5] After it was confirmed that the aircraft had crashed, troops and helicopters were dispatched to the accident site.[6]

Aircraft

The accident aircraft was an Airbus A321-200 with registration AP-BJB[7] and msn 1218, built in 2000. This was the first fatal crash for the A321, and the second hull-loss of the type.[8] The aircraft had originally been delivered to Aero Lloyd and used by Aero Flight before being taken up by Airblue in 2006.[9] It had accumulated approximately 34,000 flight hours in some 13,500 flights.[10]

A previous incident to AP-BJB occured on 30 December 2008 when the aircraft was on an international scheduled passenger flight from Islamabad to Manchester, United Kingdom via Trabzon, Turkey. On Approach to Trabzon, it was struck by lightning which caused damage to the aircraft's electrical systems. A successful emergency landing was made at Trabzon. The flight was continued the following day with a replacement aircraft.[11]

Accident

The flight left Karachi at 07:50 local time (01:50 UTC).[1] Flight controllers at Benazir Bhutto International Airport lost contact with the aircraft at 09:43 local time (03:43 UTC)[5] after they delayed its landing 13 minutes earlier.[6] The plane was found near Daman-e-Koh viewing point in the Margalla Hills outside Islamabad.[12] The METAR in force at the time of the accident was OPRN 280300Z 05016KT 2000 RA FEW015ST SCT040 BKN100 FEW030TCU 24/23 1006.5=.[7] A

One witness stated that "the plane had lost balance, and then we saw it going down." The Los Angeles Times reported that "television footage of the crash site showed smoke and burning debris strewn in a swath cutting through the forest. Rescue helicopters hovered overhead. Fire was visible, and smoke was blowing up from the scene."[3] Witnesses described the plane as being lower than it should have been. "I wondered why the plane wasn't flying higher as it was flying towards the hill", one stated. "Then within three or four minutes I heard a loud explosion". Another said that "it was raining. I saw the plane flying very low from the window of my office."[1]

Rescue attempts

A local police official stated that he had reports "that the plane fell into the Margalla Hills. There is smoke, but we have not been able to reach there. It is surrounded by the hills and there is no road access".[13] An army helicopter arrived to survey the crash site at 10:30 local time (05:30 UTC) but was not able to land. All 152 passengers have been confirmed dead; there have been conflicting reports about survivors being airlifted to nearby hospitals.[1] All hospitals in Islamabad were declared in a state of emergency.[12]

One person present at the scene of the crash stated that the passengers "are badly mutilated and burnt ... and there are two women among the dead". He told journalists that "a good number of rescue workers have reached the site. Other people have reached here on their own. The plane is totally destroyed. The pieces and parts scattered over a large distance. Some parts of the plane are still burning. Some bushes have been burnt."[1]


Victim Names

The names of passengers are Pyar Ali, Imtiaz Ali Kurd, Syeed Shaan-E-Hussain Naqvi, Prem Chand, Hassan Javed Khan, Syed Arsalan Ahmed, Mohd. Tufail, Abdul Rehman, Mohd. Faisal Rasheed, Mohd. Ovais, Hussain Alam, Ghulam Abbas, Naveed Ilyas,Mohd. Ali Mughal Mohd Aftab, Shireen Lodhi, Mohd. Nawab Hassan,Asim Arain ,Ali Sherazi, Mohd. Bashir,Zahid Habibi,Dr.Mirko Cvjfticanin, Asia Begum,Mohd. Umair Khan,Haji Rehmat Gul,Mohd. Saqib Rafiq Shaikh, Misha Dawood, Ali Asghar Rajab Ali, Rashida Tyeb Khan, Murtaza Tyed Khan, Malik Mohd. Yousuf, Nabeel Lutfi, Manzoor Nasir, Saleem Ahmed, Rosie Ahmed, Salauddin Syed, Hamid Javed, Mohd. Yousuf, Ata Raja, Salman Khan Bijrani, Mehran Khan Bijrani, Anwar Bibi, Gulzar Bibi, Tariq Subhan, Abdul Ghaffar, Irfan Irfan, Mohd. Sultan, Mohd. Yaseen, Gayaba Khan, Manzoor Ahmed, Masood Salam, Syed Azam, Ojam Khan, Jannat Gul, Zaintun Bibi, Waheed Ur Rehman, Mohd. Feroze, Dr. Suresh, Mohd. Asad, Amir Siddiqui, Mona Dhonki, Mehlee Dhonki, Amir Dhonki, Afshan Dhonki, Masood Kayani, Zafar Saleem, Abdul Ghani, Adnan Qayoom, Abbas Haider, Osama Ghafoor, Mohd. Zameen, Andaleeb Junaid, Abdul Raheem, Mohd. Zaid Rauf, Anwar Begum , Nusrat Begum, Ali Shah, Kamran Shah Abdul Qayum , Maqsood Ahmed, Abdul Ghaffar, Mohd. Iqbal, Khan Zaman ,A M Nasir ,Syeda Rabab Zehra Naqvi, Ovais Bin Laiq,Bilal Jamaee , Syed Ashiq Hussain Shah, Samatar Bashir, Amer Khattaq , Hassan Naseem, Atif Rasheed, Kaneze Akhthar, Shamsul Haq, Khadim Hussain Rehmat Khan, Mirza Tahir Baig, Mohd Irfan, Malik Ghulam Hussain, Javeria Faraz, Mohd Ajmal Khan ,Sikander Hayat Awan, Mubashir Shahid, Tariq Shahid, Mr. Kamran, Mr. Saleem , Javaid Iqbal, Pervez Akhthar, Raheem Khan Rajput, Ikhlaas Khan, Aswah Gul, Ansar Abbas, Athar Iftikhar, Haji Gul Mehboob, Farooq Khan,Syed Jawad Ali, Ayesha Amir, Aliza Amir, Abu Baqr Izhar, Sapna Munawar, Farooq Nadeem, Mohd. Asif , Hassan Adeel, Abid Mehmood, Malik Muhammad Ajmal, Owais Khan, Romaisa Khan, Muhammad Saleem ,Mujahid Rehman,Aesar Ali, Tasleem Kausar, Muhammad Ibrahim ,Ghulam Rasool, Mrs Shaheen, Mrs Sabira, Mrs Gulshad, Mr Rawaha , Jehangir Khan, Ali Akber, Muhammad Rafique , Syed Haider Zulfiqar Shah, Muhammad Saleem Akhtar , Rizwan Ghani Khan, Amber Rizwan, Muhammad Zawar Khan, Arbaaz Khan, Muskan Rizwan, Farid Ahmed Alvi, Shamas Us Rehman Alvi, Khizer Pervaiz, Kiran Alvi, Muhammad Khalid, Asif Shehzad, Ayesha Asif, Syed Ainullah Agha, Afazal Masood, Syed Attaullah Hashmi, Waheed Shaikh, Navaid Chaudhry,[14]

Investigation

The Civil Aviation Authority of Pakistan launched an investigation into the accident.[7] Airbus stated that they would provide full technical assistance to Pakistani authorities.[10] One of the flight recorders was recovered the day of the incident.[1]

Passengers and crew

According to the airline Airblue : "Among people who were on board the airplane, there was only one foreigner - citizen of Germany. A total of 157 passengers, including 6 crew members, 20 women and 5 children".[15]

Nationality Fatalities Survivors Total
Passengers Crew
 Pakistan 150
 Germany 1
Total 151

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Passenger plane crashes in hills near Pakistan capital". BBC News. 28 July 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  2. ^ Cassidy, Katie (28 July 2010). "Pakistan Plane Crash Near Islamabad: Airliner Said To Be Carrying More Than 150 People". Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  3. ^ a b "Jet carrying 152 crashes in Pakistan". Los Angeles Times. 28 July 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  4. ^ "Pakistan plane crashes with 152 on board". Agence France-Presse. 28 July 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  5. ^ a b "Passenger plane crashes outside Islamabad". The Daily Telegraph. 28 July 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  6. ^ a b "Pakistani plane with 152 aboard crashes". MSNBC. 28 July 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  7. ^ a b c Hradecky, Simon (28 July 2010). "Crash: AirBlue A321 near Islamabad on Jul 28th 2010, impacted mountaineous terrain near the airport". The Aviation Herald. Retrieved 28 July 2010. Cite error: The named reference "AH42ee2e58" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  8. ^ Miyuru (28 July 2010). "AirBlue 202 crash at Islamabad". Airline Industry Review. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  9. ^ "AirBlue AP-BJB". Airfleets. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  10. ^ a b "Airblue flight ED 202 accident in Islamabad". Airbus. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  11. ^ Hradecky, Simon (4 January 2009). "Incident: Airblue A321 near Trabzon on Dec 30th 2008, lightning strike results in electrical failure". Aviation Herald. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  12. ^ a b "20 confirmed dead as plane crashes near Islamabad". The Times of India. 28 July 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  13. ^ "Plane with 152 onboard crashes near Islamabad". The Economic Times. 28 July 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  14. ^ "Passengers list of crashed flight". GEO. 28 July 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  15. ^ http://www.avia.ru/news/?id=1280309045

Notes

^Note A Translation: METAR for Benazir Bhutto International Airport, issued at 03:00 UTC on 28 July. Wind from 50° (approximately north east) at 16 knots (30 km/h). Visibility 2 kilometres (1.2 mi), rain, few clouds at 1,500 feet (460 m), few clouds at 3,000 feet (910 m) with towering cumulonimbus. Scattered clouds at 4,000 feet (1,200 m), broken clouds at 10,000 feet (3,000 m). Temperature 24°C, dewpoint 23°C. QNH 1006.5 hPa, end of METAR.

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