ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 191967
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| Date: | Sunday 11 December 2016 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  ATR 72-500 (72-212A) |
| Owner/operator: | Pakistan International Airlines - PIA |
| Registration: | AP-BKY |
| MSN: | 994 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 48 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Multan Airport (MUX/OPMT) -
 Pakistan
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Multan Airport (MUX/OPMT) |
| Karachi-Jinnah International Airport (KHI/OPKC) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
PIA's flight PK581 was cancelled at Multan Airport, Pakistan following 'technical problems'.
Local media reported the aircraft developped an "engine fire" during taxi or takeoff roll. The aircraft returned to the terminal and all on board were able to deplane normally.
A PIA spokesperson denied that there was an engine fire and stated that there were 'technical problems'.
The same day. the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) directed PIA to ground all the ATR airplanes till further order.
Sources:
http://arynews.tv/en/engine-of-pia-atr-plane-catches-fire-in-multan/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 5 June 2018 | AP-BKY | Pakistan International Airlines - PIA | 0 | Lahore-Allama Iqbal International Airport (LHE/OPLA) | |
min |
| 10 November 2018 | AP-BKY | Pakistan International Airlines - PIA | 0 | Panjgur Airport (PJG/OPPG) | |
min |
| Runway excursion | ||||||
Media:
Contrary to media reports neither of the 2 engines of PK-581 caught fire & pilots on the advice of ATC, decided not to take off #tags pic.twitter.com/fYy8wrrdrm
— Danyal Gilani (@Danyal_Gilani) December 11, 2016
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Dec-2016 20:07 | harro | Added |
| 30-Dec-2016 08:30 | AF5541 | Updated [Total occupants, Embed code] |
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