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| Date: | Wednesday 17 March 2021 |
| Time: | 13:32 |
| Type: |  Airbus A320-214 |
| Owner/operator: | Pakistan International Airlines - PIA |
| Registration: | AP-BLU |
| MSN: | 2719 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2006 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-5B4/P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 162 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Karachi-Jinnah International Airport (KHI/OPKC) -
 Pakistan
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Karachi-Jinnah International Airport (KHI/OPKC) |
| Islamabad International Airport (ISB/OPRN) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Pakistan International Airlines flight PK368, a Airbus A320-214, suffered a bird strike on takeoff from runway 25L at Karachi-Jinnah International Airport (OPKC).
The aircraft returned and landed safely back at Karachi Airport, nine minutes after takeoff.
Sources:
https://www.24newshd.tv/17-Mar-2021/pia-plane-escapes-disaster-after-bird-hit
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ap-blu#271b2b00
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 October 2017 | AP-BLU | Pakistan International Airlines - PIA | 0 | near Sialkot Airport | |
non |
| 12 February 2018 | AP-BLU | Pakistan International Airlines - PIA | 0 | near Sialkot | |
min |
| Lightningstrike | ||||||
Location
Media:
Bird blood stains visible in CFM56 engine of PIA Airbus A320 (registration AP-BLU) that returned safely to Karachi Airport.
— historyofpiadotcom (@historyofpia1) March 17, 2021
The A320 was performing Karachi to Islamabad flight PK368 when it suffered bird hit. Aircraft is grounded for engine inspections.https://t.co/0sS9jtyEJX pic.twitter.com/ucyNdVnrMP
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Mar-2021 12:46 | harro | Added |
| 17-Mar-2021 12:47 | harro | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Mar-2021 12:51 | harro | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 21-Mar-2021 15:01 | Airwork737 | Updated [Embed code, ] |
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