| Date: | Thursday 8 January 1981 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 720-047B |
| Owner/operator: | Pakistan International Airlines - PIA |
| Registration: | AP-AXK |
| MSN: | 18590/339 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1963 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 79 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Karachi International Airport (KHI) -
 Pakistan
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Karachi International Airport (KHI/OPKC) |
| Quetta Airport (UET/OPQT) |
The Boeing 720 was approaching Quetta (UET) when the nose landing gear failed to extend. The crew decided to return to Karachi where they carried out a nose gear-up landing.
Sources:
Flight International, 24 January 1981
Location
Images:
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; London-Heathrow Airport (LHR); 10 April 1980
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