Pakistan air crash.

[Royal]

20 APR 2012 Boeing 737-236 (AP-BKC) of Bhoja Airlines, ca 2,5 km SW of Islamabad-Benazir Bhutto International Airport- 127(127)

Date: 20 APR 2012
Time: ca 18:40
Type: Boeing 737-236
Operator: Bhoja Airlines
Registration: AP-BKC
C/n / msn: 23167/1074
First flight: 1984
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15A
Crew: Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Passengers: Fatalities: 121 / Occupants: 121
Total: Fatalities: 127 / Occupants: 127
Ground fatalities:
Airplane damage: Written off
Location: ca 2,5 km SW of Islamabad-Benazir Bhutto International Airport (Pakistan)
Phase: Approach
Nature: Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport: Karachi-Jinnah International Airport (KHI)
Destination airport: Islamabad-Benazir Bhutto International Airport (ISB)
Flightnumber: 213

A Boeing 737 passenger plane was destroyed in an accident near Islamabad, Pakistan. Initial reports indicate that all 121 passengers and six crew members were killed. Bhorja flight B4 213 departed Karachi (KHI) on a domestic flight to Islamabad (ISB). This was Bhoja Airlines' inaugural flight on that route. The airplane crashed, broke up and burned in a rural area close to the Islamabad Express Highway. Based on the accident location, it seems likely that the airplane was approaching runway 30 at Islamabad at the time of the accident. Weather reported about the time of the accident (18:40 LT/13:40 UTC) was poor with limited visibility, thunderstorm and rain:
OPRN 201400Z 23020KT 3000 TSRA FEW025CB SCT030 BKN100 20/16 Q1011.0/29.85 OPRN 201300Z 23020KT 4000 TS FEW025CB SCT030 BKN100 25/15 Q1009.3/29.80

AIRCRAFT HISTORY
G-BKYI - Boeing (13 DEC 1984) first flight
G-BKYI - British Airways (07 JAN 1985) delivered
ZS-OLB - Comair (06 JUN 1999) delivered
ZS-OLB - Comair (JAN 2011) withdrawn from use and stored at Johannesburg (JNB)
AP-BKC - Bhoja Airlines (FEB 2012) bought

AIRCRAFT PROFILE BOEING 737-200
Last fatal accident involving a Boeing 737-200: 20-AUG-2011 Boeing 737-210C C-GNWN First Air - 12 fatalties (244 days ago)
Total number of hull-losses: 113 (of which 101 were accidents)
4th worst accident involving a Boeing 737-200
Survival rate for all fatal Boeing 737-200 accidents: on average 34.5 % of all occupants survived fatal accidents

AIRCRAFT PROFILE BOEING 737
Last fatal accident involving a Boeing 737: 20-AUG-2011 Boeing 737-210C C-GNWN First Air - 12 fatalties (244 days ago)
Total number of hull-losses: 161 (of which 149 were accidents)
9th worst accident involving a Boeing 737
Survival rate for all fatal Boeing 737 accidents: on average 35.0 % of all occupants survived fatal accidents

COUNTRY PROFILE PAKISTAN
Last fatal airliner/bizjet accident in Pakistan: 28-NOV-2010 Ilyushin 76TD 4L-GNI Sun Way - 8 fatalities (509 days ago)
Total number of fatal airliner/bizjet accidents: 34
Total number of airliner/bizjet fatalities: 826
2nd worst airliner/bizjet accident in Pakistan

The country is rated Cat. 1 in FAA's International Aviation Safety Assessment Program (IASA)

[Royal]

Can we ease up with all the sympathy / condolences posts fellas.

[Mikethehack]

Weather blamed?
When does a pilot say, 'Screw this, the weather sucks. I'm not landing here. I'm flying to another airport?'

[coldharvest]

Can we ease up with all the sympathy / condolences posts fellas.

......sorry for your loss.

[Royal]

Can we ease up with all the sympathy / condolences posts fellas.

......sorry for your loss.

Thanks.
I'm quite partial to peanuts.

[coldharvest]

Thanks.
I'm quite partial to peanuts.

I fuckin' love Snoopy

[Royal]

Thanks.
I'm quite partial to peanuts.

I fuckin' love Snoopy

He was in seat 38c.
Get over it.

[rickshaw92]

I flew PIA once. Almost shat myself. Fuckin plane had pro fuckin pellers for fuck sake. Blimey!