Accident
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | Zwischenbericht |
| Datum: | 20 APR 2012 |
| Zeit: | ca 18:40 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Boeing 737-236 |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Bhoja Airlines |
| Kennzeichen: | AP-BKC |
| Werknummer: | 23167/1074 |
| Baujahr: | 1984-12-13 (27 years 5 months) |
| Triebwerk: | 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15A |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 6 / Insassen: 6 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 121 / Insassen: 121 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 127 / Insassen: 127 |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | ca 2,5 km SW of Islamabad-Benazir Bhutto International Airport (ISB) (Pakistan)
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| Flugphase: | Annäherung (APR) |
| Betriebsart: | Inländischer planmäßiger Passagierflug |
| Flug von: | Karachi-Jinnah International Airport (KHI/OPKC), Pakistan |
| Islamabad-Benazir Bhutto International Airport (ISB/OPRN), Pakistan | |
| Flugnummer: | 213 |
A Boeing 737-236 passenger plane was destroyed in an accident near Islamabad, Pakistan. All 121 passengers and six crew members were killed.
Bhoja Airlines flight B4-213 departed Karachi (KHI) on a domestic flight to Islamabad (ISB). This was Bhoja Airlines' inaugural flight on that route.
The airplane crashed, broke up and burned in a rural area close to the Islamabad Express Highway while on final approach to runway 30.
Weather reported about the time of the accident (18:40 LT/13:40 UTC) was poor with limited visibility, thunderstorm and rain:
OPRN 201400Z 23020KT 3000 TSRA FEW025CB SCT030 BKN100 20/16 Q1011.0/29.85
OPRN 201300Z 23020KT 4000 TS FEW025CB SCT030 BKN100 25/15 Q1009.3/29.80
Informationsquelle:
» NTSB
Fotos
ZS-OLB was sold to Bhoja Airlines as AP-BKC in 2012
G-BKYI moved to South Africa as ZS-OLB and was then sold to Bhoja Airlines as AP-BKC in 2012
Aircraft history
| date | registration | operator | remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 DEC 1984 | G-BKYI | Boeing | first flight |
| 07 JAN 1985 | G-BKYI | British Airways | delivered |
| 06 JUN 1999 | ZS-OLB | Comair | delivered |
| JAN 2011 | ZS-OLB | Comair | withdrawn from use and stored at Johannesburg (JNB) |
| FEB 2012 | AP-BKC | Bhoja Airlines | bought |
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Karachi-Jinnah International Airport to Islamabad-Benazir Bhutto International Airport as the crow flies is 1119 km (700 miles).
Distance from Karachi-Jinnah International Airport to Islamabad-Benazir Bhutto International Airport as the crow flies is 1119 km (700 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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