The common thread is trying to do too much in a short period of time. Oh God! They pulled the lever for the landing gear but failed to notice that the 3 green lights did not appear.
The crash left 97 people -- including the pilots -- dead, with two passengers miraculously surviving.While official confirmation is awaited, videos the crash, an audio recording to the conversation between the ATC and the pilot of PK-8303, and media reports have indicated that the The pilot then decided to initiate a 'go around', i.e. What caused PIA Plane Crash in Karachi? It just baffles me,” he said. Two people survived. Extracts from the cockpit voice recorder suggest the pilots were preoccupied in a non-operational conversation about “The greatest pilots with the best records have made mistakes. 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. Would you like to receive desktop browser notifications about breaking news and other major stories? Media caption The crash happened in the Model Colony residential area. We've received your submission.The Pakistan International Airlines jet slammed into a residential area near Jinnah International Airport in Karachi on May 22, just days after the country lifted coronavirus restrictions and resumed domestic flights ahead of a major Muslim holiday marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan.On Wednesday, Pakistan’s aviation minister blamed “human error” by the cockpit crew as well as air traffic controllers who saw the plane’s two engines scrape the runway with a shower of sparks, but did not tell the pilots.Investigators determined that the plane was at more than twice the correct altitude when it first approached the runway, the report said.The badly damaged engines failed as the pilots attempted a second landing, according to the findings.“The pilot as well as the controller didn’t follow the standard rules,” Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan said as he announced the findings in parliament.He said the captain — who had been talking about the pandemic with the first officer — ignored instructions from the controller during the landing attempt.“The pilot and co-pilot were not focused and throughout they were having a conversation about coronavirus,” Khan said.According to the voice recorder, the pilots had discussed the coronavirus — which apparently had affected their families — throughout the flight, the report found.The crash occurred as the crew tried to land a second time and the traffic controller told the pilot three times that the aircraft was too low to land but he refused to listen, saying he would manage, Khan said.Khan told reporters later that when the plane was making an approach for a second landing, it lacked enough power, but the pilots “started discussing corona again.”Just minutes before the crash, the pilot declared an emergency and stated that both engines had failed, Khan said.“The last words from the pilot were, ‘Oh God! For reprint rights: Syndications TodayCopyright © 2020 Living Media India Limited. Thanks for contacting us. The flight, piloted by captain Sajjad Gul and first officer Usman Azam,The pilot had made an initial aborted landing attempt.The narrow streets and alleys comprising the area inhibited the rescue services.Residents said it is not uncommon for aircraft on final approach to pass so close to building rooftops that they "feelThe PIA's engineering department reported that the last routine maintenance check on the plane was conducted on 21 March 2020, and the most comprehensive check was last performed on 19 October 2019, during which no defects were found in its engines, landing gear or Pakistan International Airlines released details of the flight manifest which shows 91 passengers (51 men, 31 women, and 9 children); there were also eight crew members.The Sindh Minister of Health and Population Welfare declared a state of emergency for Karachi's hospitals, while Prime Minister Pakistan had allowed domestic flights to resume, following suspension during the COVID-19 pandemic, six days earlier on 16 May.On 25 June 2020, 150 of 434 pilots employed by PIA were indefinitely grounded for holding "either bogus or suspicious licenses".The investigation is being conducted by Pakistan's Aircraft Accident Investigation Board (AAIB).
The crash left 97 people -- including the pilots -- dead, with two passengers miraculously surviving.While official confirmation is awaited, videos the crash, an audio recording to the conversation between the ATC and the pilot of PK-8303, and media reports have indicated that the The pilot then decided to initiate a 'go around', i.e. What caused PIA Plane Crash in Karachi? It just baffles me,” he said. Two people survived. Extracts from the cockpit voice recorder suggest the pilots were preoccupied in a non-operational conversation about “The greatest pilots with the best records have made mistakes. 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. Would you like to receive desktop browser notifications about breaking news and other major stories? Media caption The crash happened in the Model Colony residential area. We've received your submission.The Pakistan International Airlines jet slammed into a residential area near Jinnah International Airport in Karachi on May 22, just days after the country lifted coronavirus restrictions and resumed domestic flights ahead of a major Muslim holiday marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan.On Wednesday, Pakistan’s aviation minister blamed “human error” by the cockpit crew as well as air traffic controllers who saw the plane’s two engines scrape the runway with a shower of sparks, but did not tell the pilots.Investigators determined that the plane was at more than twice the correct altitude when it first approached the runway, the report said.The badly damaged engines failed as the pilots attempted a second landing, according to the findings.“The pilot as well as the controller didn’t follow the standard rules,” Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan said as he announced the findings in parliament.He said the captain — who had been talking about the pandemic with the first officer — ignored instructions from the controller during the landing attempt.“The pilot and co-pilot were not focused and throughout they were having a conversation about coronavirus,” Khan said.According to the voice recorder, the pilots had discussed the coronavirus — which apparently had affected their families — throughout the flight, the report found.The crash occurred as the crew tried to land a second time and the traffic controller told the pilot three times that the aircraft was too low to land but he refused to listen, saying he would manage, Khan said.Khan told reporters later that when the plane was making an approach for a second landing, it lacked enough power, but the pilots “started discussing corona again.”Just minutes before the crash, the pilot declared an emergency and stated that both engines had failed, Khan said.“The last words from the pilot were, ‘Oh God! For reprint rights: Syndications TodayCopyright © 2020 Living Media India Limited. Thanks for contacting us. The flight, piloted by captain Sajjad Gul and first officer Usman Azam,The pilot had made an initial aborted landing attempt.The narrow streets and alleys comprising the area inhibited the rescue services.Residents said it is not uncommon for aircraft on final approach to pass so close to building rooftops that they "feelThe PIA's engineering department reported that the last routine maintenance check on the plane was conducted on 21 March 2020, and the most comprehensive check was last performed on 19 October 2019, during which no defects were found in its engines, landing gear or Pakistan International Airlines released details of the flight manifest which shows 91 passengers (51 men, 31 women, and 9 children); there were also eight crew members.The Sindh Minister of Health and Population Welfare declared a state of emergency for Karachi's hospitals, while Prime Minister Pakistan had allowed domestic flights to resume, following suspension during the COVID-19 pandemic, six days earlier on 16 May.On 25 June 2020, 150 of 434 pilots employed by PIA were indefinitely grounded for holding "either bogus or suspicious licenses".The investigation is being conducted by Pakistan's Aircraft Accident Investigation Board (AAIB).