DCA25WA348

NTSB incident investigation · Airbus A320 · Karachi, Pakistan · May 22, 2025

IncidentClass 5 · Foreign
Date
May 22, 2025
Place
Karachi, Pakistan · No event location provided
Damage
No damage
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
AP-BLBAirbus A320
Defining event
Enroute-cruise: Nav system malfunction/failure
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
Major Investigations Division
Lead agency
Other
Parties
FAA AVP-110, BEA France, Bureau of Aircraft Safety Investigation Pakistan (BASIP)
Case key
201858

From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.

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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.

Aircraft

Registration
AP-BLB
Reported as
Airbus A320 (214)
Category
Airplane
Serial number
2155
Built
2004
Engines
CFM International CFM56-5B4/P, turbo fanCFM International CFM56-5B4/P, turbo fan
Damage
No damage
Flight
Non-U.S., commercial
Operator
Pakistan International Airlines
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Transport
Departed
LHE · Lahore
Destination
KHI · Karachi