PIA A320 at Karachi on Nov 6th 2020, "some fault"

Last Update: November 6, 2020 / 12:27:31 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 6, 2020

Classification
Incident

Airline
PIA Pakistan International Airlines

Flight number
PK-352

Departure
Karachi, Pakistan

Destination
Quetta, Pakistan

Aircraft Registration
AP-BMX

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A PIA Pakistan International Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration AP-BMX performing flight PK-352 from Karachi to Quetta (Pakistan), was in the initial climb out of Karachi's runway 07R when the crew requested to stop climb at FL050 and enter a hold to check some parameters. The crew subsequently advised they were still waiting for advise from their maintenance department and climbed to FL070. The crew subsequently requested to return to Karachi requesting one of the runways 25 (active runways still 07) advising they had "some fault" and were performing a precautionary return. The aircraft landed safely on Karachi's runway 25L about 25 minutes after departure.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 6, 2020

Classification
Incident

Airline
PIA Pakistan International Airlines

Flight number
PK-352

Departure
Karachi, Pakistan

Destination
Quetta, Pakistan

Aircraft Registration
AP-BMX

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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