Airbus A321 AP-BCB

Summary

On 28 July 2010, a Airbus A321 registered AP-BCB, operated by Airblue, was involved in an accident near Islamabad, Pakistan. 157 people were on board and 157 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

28 July 2010

Classification

Accident

Location

Islamabad, Pakistan

Nearest airport

Benazir Bhutto International (OPRN)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Airbus A321

Registration

AP-BCB

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Airblue

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Commercial

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Karachi → Islamabad

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

NTSB number

DCA10WA081

157 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On July 28, 2010, Airblue flight 202, an Airbus A321 with IAE V2500 engines, registration AP-BCB, impacted terrain in the Margilla Hills during approach to runway 12 at Benazir Bhutto International Airport (OPRN), Islamabad, Pakistan. All 150 passengers and 7 crewmembers onboard were fatally injured and the airplane was destroyed. The flight was a regularly scheduled passenger flight from Jinnah International Airport, Karachi, Pakistan (OPKC) to OPRN. The investigation is being conducted by the Pakistan Safety & Investigation Board, Civil Aviation Authority. The NTSB has appointed an Accredited Representative to assist the investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the Country of Manufacture and Design of the engines.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.