PIA A320 at Rahim Yar Khan on Jul 31st 2015, bird strike

Last Update: August 1, 2015 / 22:12:17 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 31, 2015

Classification
Incident

Cause
Bird strike

Airline
PIA Pakistan International Airlines

Flight number
PK-295

Departure
Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan

Destination
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Aircraft Registration
AP-BLA

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A PIA Pakistan International Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration AP-BLA performing flight PK-295 from Rahim Yar Khan (Pakistan) to Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), was climbing out of Rahim Yar Khan's runway 19 when the aircraft encountered a bird strike. In the absence of abnormal indications the crew continued the flight and levelled off at FL340 about 300nm westsouthwest of Rahim Yar Khan and about 150nm northwest of Karachi (Pakistan) when the crew decided to divert to Karachi due to the bird strike. Employing routine communication the crew landed the aircraft safely on Karachi's runway 25L about one hour after the decision to divert and about 1:45 hours after departure.

A replacement Airbus A320-200 registration AP-BLT reached Abu Dhabi with a delay of 3 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Karachi 38 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 31, 2015

Classification
Incident

Cause
Bird strike

Airline
PIA Pakistan International Airlines

Flight number
PK-295

Departure
Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan

Destination
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Aircraft Registration
AP-BLA

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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