PIA A320 at Karachi on Mar 8th 2017, gear problem on departure

Last Update: March 8, 2017 / 23:17:16 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 8, 2017

Classification
Incident

Flight number
PK-352

Destination
Quetta, Pakistan

Aircraft Registration
AP-BLS

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A PIA Pakistan International Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration AP-BLS performing flight PK-352 from Karachi to Quetta (Pakistan), was climbing out of Karachi's runway 25L when the crew requested to level off at FL100 reporting a slight problem with the landing gear, they would call for further climb. About 5 minutes later the crew requested to return to Karachi and landed safely on Karachi's runway 25L about 30 minutes after departure.

A replacement A320-200 registration AP-BLZ reahed Quetta with a delay of 6:40 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 8, 2017

Classification
Incident

Flight number
PK-352

Destination
Quetta, Pakistan

Aircraft Registration
AP-BLS

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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