Accident description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 22 APR 2012 |
| Type: | Boeing 737-4H6 |
| Operator: | Shaheen Air |
| Registration: | AP-BJN |
| C/n / msn: | 26460/2533 |
| First flight: | 1993-09-21 (18 years 7 months) |
| Engines: | 2 CFMI CFM56-3C1 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 172 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 178 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Karachi-Jinnah International Airport (KHI) (Pakistan) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Islamabad-Benazir Bhutto International Airport (ISB/OPRN), Pakistan |
| Karachi-Jinnah International Airport (KHI/OPKC), Pakistan | |
| Flightnumber: | 122 |
A Shaheen Air Boeing 737-4H6, registered AP-BJN, sustained substantial damage in a landing accident at Karachi-Jinnah International Airport (KHI), Pakistan.
Flight NL122 from Islamabad (ISB) was carrying 172 passengers and six crew members. There were no injuries.
Upon landing on runway 25L the left hand undercarriage strut penetrated through the upper wing area until the no.1 engine contacted the ground. Passengers remained on board until being deplaned using air stairs about half an hour after the accident.
Sources:
» The Express Tribune, 8-5-2012
» The Express Tribune, 22-4-2012
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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 Islamabad-Benazir Bhutto International Airport to Karachi-Jinnah International Airport as the crow flies is 1119 km (699 miles).
Distance from Islamabad-Benazir Bhutto International Airport to Karachi-Jinnah International Airport as the crow flies is 1119 km (699 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.
