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| Date: | Thursday 15 February 2018 |
| Time: | 05:26 UTC |
| Type: |  ATR 42-500 |
| Owner/operator: | Pakistan International Airlines - PIA |
| Registration: | AP-BHP |
| MSN: | 665 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2007 |
| Engine model: | P&W Canada PW127E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Karachi -
 Pakistan
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Dera Ghazi Khan Airport (DEA/OPDG) |
| Karachi-Jinnah International Airport (KHI/OPKC) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB Pakistan |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Pakistan International Airlines flight 585, an ATR 42-500, suffered a serious airprox incident with Pakistan Air
Force (PAF) F-16 jets.
PIA 585 reported a Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System – Resolution Advisory (TCAS – RA) while maintaining Flight Level 100 due to a formation of three Pakistan Air Force (PAF) F-16 jets operating as TIGER-1 from Bholari to Bholari and returning from Masroor Training Area via QILLA maintaining FL80. At the time of TCAS – RA vertical separation of 2,000 feet (ft) existed. Traffic information was passed well before time by Approach.
Causes / Contributing Factors
Probably PIA 585 received TCAS – RA and climb FL102 due to abrupt attitude change of military aircraft for few seconds. As military aircraft were maintaining high speed and their heading showed towards PIA 585, PIA 585 might have received TCAS – RA, Mid Air Collision (MAC).
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
AAIB Pakistan
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 July 2019 | AP-BHP | Pakistan International Airlines - PIA | 0 | Gilgit Airport (GIL) | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 28-Sep-2025 17:08 | ASN | Added |
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