What: Pakistan International Airlines en route to Lahore
Where: Sheikh Zyed international airport in Rahim Yar Khan, Punjab Province
When: May 13, 2011
Who: 51 aboard
Why: Five minutes after takeoff, the engine caught fire. Pilots returned the plane to the airport.
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