- Date
- May 22, 2020
- Place
- Karachi, Pakistan
- Injuries
- 97 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- AP-BLDAirbus A320
- Defining event
- Approach: Unknown or undetermined
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- FAA
- Case key
- 101319
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Unknown or undeterminedAll aircraft: 1,703 casesDefining event
Factual narrative
The government of Pakistan has notified the NTSB of an accident involving an AIRBUS A320 with CFM56 engines that occurred on May 22, 2020. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Pakistan's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of Pakistan.
Aircraft
- Registration
- AP-BLD
- Reported as
- Airbus A320 (214)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2274
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Pakistan International Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- LHE · Lahore
- Destination
- KHI · Karachi
- Airport
- KHI · Karachi Jinnah