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PIA Plane Collides With Another Plane at Karachi Airport

A Pakistan International Airlines plane collided with another plane at Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan, on November 24th.

It is believed that the ATR aircraft was being given a run-up as part of its examination when it hit a Shaheen Air aircraft parked nearby.

No injuries were reported. The ATR aircraft sustained substantial damage.

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Shaheen Air Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Lahore

Shaheen Air flight NL-902D made an emergency landing in Lahore, Pakistan, on January 8th.

The Airbus A330-200 plane flying from Manchester, England, was descending toward Lahore when the crew declared an emergency due to an engine fire indication.

The crew had activated the fire suppression system before the plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.

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Shaheen Air Plane Crash-Lands at Lahore Airport; At Least 10 Injured

Shaheen airShaheen Air flight NL-142 crash-landed at Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore, Pakistan, on November 3.

The plane was flying from Karachi when the pilot declared emergency due to faulty landing gear.

Authorities said one of the tires of the plane burst upon landing, causing it to skid off the runway.

At least 10 passengers were injured in the incident and were provided medical treatment.

The aircraft’s fuselage sustained damage.

The incident is being investigated.

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Shaheen Air Jet Returns to Islamabad due to Engine Fire

Shaheen airShaheen Air flight NL-122 had to return and make an emergency landing at Benazir Bhutto International Airport in Islamabad, Pakistan, on April 21.

The Boeing 737 took off for Karachi at 10:31 a.m., however, at 10:36 a.m., the pilot reported fire in one of its engines and requested an emergency landing.

The plane landed back safely at 10:43 a.m. All 174 passengers aboard remained unhurt.

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Gear Struts Pierce Wing on 19 Year old Boeing

What: Shaheen Air International Boeing 737-400 en route from Islamabad to Karachi
Where: Karachi
When: Apr 22nd 2012
Who: 122 passengers and 6 crew
Why: On landing in Karachi, the main gear failed, and the gear perforated the wing.

Passengers disembarked on to the runway. No injuries were reported.

If we were to speculate (which we shouldn’t do) we would say this could be either due to a hard or fast landing and/or a mechanical failure.

The first flight of this Boeing 737-4H6 was Sept 21, 1993. On October 28 1993, the plane was delivered to Malaysia Airlines as 9M-MQC. It was stored 09/2011 as N829AR (Bank of Utah) and delivered to Shaheen Air on January 21, 2012.

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Pakistan: Runway Excursion


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What: Shaheen Air International Boeing 737-200 en route from Abu Dhabi to Peshawar
Where: Peshawar
When: Feb 8th 2010
Who: 112 passengers
Why: While landing on a wet runway, the Shaheen Air flight either hydroplaned or experienced a “technical fault.” If the plane had hydroplaned off the end of the runway instead of veering off the side, it could have impacted the traffic like the Congonhas crash. Instead we have a minor muddy runway excursion.

No on one was injured. An airline spokesman said “It was tremendously heavy rain and the aircraft skidded off the runway” but others say it was not raining that much. The plane may return to service this week.


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