PIA A320 near Karachi on Mar 11th 2024, INS failure
Last Update: March 14, 2024 / 16:07:16 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 11, 2024
Classification
Incident
Flight number
PK-217
Departure
Peshawar, Pakistan
Destination
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Aircraft Registration
AP-BMX
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
The aircraft remained on the ground in Karachi for about 4 hours, then continued the flight and reached Abu Dhabi with a delay of about 8 hours (including 2 hours late departure from Peshawar).
According to information The Aviation Herald received INS#3 failed in flight, INS#2 was inaccurate/intermittent, hence the crew decided to divert to Karachi to have this rectified. Maintenance in Karachi replaced INS#3, swapped INS#1 and INS#2 and replaced the INS control panel.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 11, 2024
Classification
Incident
Flight number
PK-217
Departure
Peshawar, Pakistan
Destination
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Aircraft Registration
AP-BMX
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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