Airbus A320 crash, May 22, 2020 (97 killed), Karachi-Muha...
Airbus A320 accident on May 22, 2020 near Karachi-Muhammad Ali Jinnah-Quaid-e-Azam, Sindh, Pakistan with 97 fatalities. Cause: Gear up landing with...
- Date: May 22, 2020
- Aircraft: Airbus A320
- Location: Karachi-Muhammad Ali Jinnah-Quaid-e-Azam, Sindh, Pakistan
- Fatalities: 97
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Gear up landing with engine nacelle contact, then dual engine failure from oil loss during go around; non adherence to SOPs and disregard of ATC instructions
A Pakistan International Airlines Airbus A320 flying from Lahore to Karachi made an unstable, high approach and touched down on runway 25L with the landing gear retracted, scraping both engines along the runway. The crew went around, but both engines failed from loss of oil and the aircraft crashed into a residential area short of the runway. 97 of the 99 people on board were killed and two survived. The final report cited non adherence to procedures, disregard of ATC instructions and weak oversight of the flight data analysis program.