- Date
- October 30, 2023, 12:46 local (07:46 UTC)
- Place
- Islamabad, Pakistan · No. 1 engine failure occurred during initial climb after departing ISB
- Injuries
- 248 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- AP-BODAirbus A321
- Defining event
- Initial climb: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail
- Investigation class
- Class 3
- NTSB office
- Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- Safran Aircraft Engines, BEA- France, AAIB- Pakistan
- Case key
- 193589
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- AP-BOD
- Reported as
- Airbus A321 (251NX)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 9560
- Built
- 2021
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Airblue
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- ISB · Islamabad, OF
- Destination
- KHI · Karachi, OF