PIA A320 at Islamabad on Dec 12th 2021, engine troubles reduce passenger count from 186 to 6
Last Update: December 12, 2021 / 16:26:42 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 12, 2021
Classification
Incident
Flight number
PK-301
Departure
Islamabad, Pakistan
Destination
Karachi, Pakistan
Aircraft Registration
AP-BLB
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
The passengers were kept aboard while engineers worked on the engine and thought to have fixed the problem. Unusual noises from the engine prevented the aircraft from taxiing out for departure. engineers worked a second time on the engine and again thought to have fixed the problem, a third departure attempt ended in vain due to unusual noise from the engine. Passengers now insisted to deboard the aircraft, all but 6 passengers left the aircraft. Engineers finally succeeded in fixing the engine issue and the aircraft departed again about 5 hours after the first departure (which already had been delayed by 2.5 hours) and reached Karachi with a delay of 7.5 hours.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 12, 2021
Classification
Incident
Flight number
PK-301
Departure
Islamabad, Pakistan
Destination
Karachi, Pakistan
Aircraft Registration
AP-BLB
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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