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Last year, a PIA aircraft skidded off the runway while landing at Gilgit airport. The Russian military confirmed that the crash was a result of a technical error, and was not shot down.Two pilots of Indian Air Force were killed after a microlight helicopter in which they were travelling crashed in Assam’s Majuli island.
Ethiopia’s state broadcaster said all passengers on the Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa are dead.An Indonesian Lion Air plane Boeing 737 with 189 people on board crashed into the sea moments after it had been asked to be allowed to return to Jakarta. ATC, overconfident pilot blamed for crash of PIA Flight 8303: Report. the The aircraft was at an altitude of 9,800 at navigation-waypoint MAKLI, whereas it was expected to be at 3,000 ft. PIA 8303 tried to bleed off altitude but could not bleed off the speed. 5 million as allowed maximum limit in the Carriage by Air Act of 2012. On Aug 4, 2020. Extracts from the cockpit voice recorder suggest the pilots were preoccupied in a non-operational conversation about The provisional report, however, would be made public within this month.The Airbus A320 plane was handed over to the PIA in 2014 and had completed 47,100 flight hours and 25,860 flight cycles until its crash.The PK-8303 tragedy has become the third most-catastrophic aviation disaster in the country's history.
The flight carried 149 passengers and eight crew members.
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According to the PIA's engineering and maintenance department, the last check of the plane was done on March 21 this year and it had flown from Muscat to Lahore a day before the crash. Many dead in Pakistan as PIA plane plunges into Karachi houses.
In 2010, following landing errors by the pilots, the aircraft fell off the cliff at the end of the runway and burst into flames killing 158 of the 166 people on board.Air India Express flight from Dubai carrying 170 people skidded off the runway in Kozhikode airport while landing; several injuredA Pakistan International Airline aircraft with 107 people on board crashed in May 2020 near a residential colony close to the Karachi Airport, killing 98 people. The crash killed all people on board.The Dhaka to Kathmandu Flight BS211, with 67 passengers and four crew members on board, caught fire after it careened off the runway and ploughed into a football ground near the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu.A Pawan Hans helicopter carrying five senior officials of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and two pilots crashed near Uttan off the coast of Mumbai.
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Pro-Russian rebels are widely accused of shooting the plane down using a surface-to-air missileMalaysia Airlines MH370 disappeared during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing leading to the largest search in aviation history. Authorities have identified 19 bodies. "A technical review of the data is currently underway," said Airbus, adding that Pakistan's aircraft accident board will itself release an initial report on the findings.Ninety-nine people were aboard the ill-fated PK-8303 PIA flight when the plane crashed on May 22 in a residential area near Karachi's Jinnah International Airport, a few moments before landing.The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) in a report issued on Tuesday has alleged that the PIA pilot violated landing protocol, reported The News.According to the report, the pilot disregarded air traffic control's (ATC) direction to lower the altitude.In his letter to the general manager (safety), the additional director of flight operations has stated the plane's altitude and speed were higher than the required limit for landing. Last year, a PIA aircraft skidded off the runway while landing at Gilgit airport. Airbus, the aircraft's manufacturer, cited they would be providing assistance to the investigation.A fourteen-page preliminary report on the accident was released on 24 June. ... June 22, 2020 UPDATED: June 22, 2020 18:36 IST. "PIA, Pakistan's flag carrier, currently has a fleet of 31 planes and employs around 14,500 staff.Last month's crash saw the plane come down in a crowded residential area near Karachi airport, killing 97 people on board and a child on the ground.The preliminary report outlined the flight's chaotic final minutes and a bizarre series of errors compounded by communication failures with air traffic control.Pakistan has a chequered military and civilian aviation safety record, with frequent plane and helicopter crashes over the years.In 2016, a PIA plane burst into flames after one of its two turboprop engines failed while flying from the remote north to Islamabad, killing more than 40 people.The deadliest air disaster in Pakistan was in 2010 when an Airbus A321 operated by private airline Airblue crashed into the hills of Islamabad as it came in to land, killing all 152 people on board.An official report blamed that accident on a confused captain and a hostile cockpit atmosphere.PIA, one of the region's leading airlines until the 1970s, now suffers from a sinking reputation due to frequent cancellations, delays and financial troubles.Be in the know. PIA, Pakistan's flag carrier, currently has a fleet of 31 planes and employs around 14,500 staff. However, PIA’s loss from operations during Q1 2020 decreased by 33.61% to Rs. Sat, Jun 06, 2020 . Total failure of PIA and CAA to establish any sort of decent safety standards even after 2016 crash.
The common thread is trying to do too much in a short period of time.