ATC confirmed to the pilot that he was cleared to use either of the airport's two runways, requesting, "Confirm your attempt on belly?" According to PIA's CEO, Arshad Malik, a technical fault prompted the aircraft to make a go-around rather than land, even though both runways were available. One of the pilots subsequently radioed air traffic control (ATC) reporting landing gear issues and the failure of both engines. The aircraft initially made an aborted landing attempt, apparently with the landing gear not deployed. The crash was captured on video by a CCTV camera of a nearby building, which shows the aircraft just before crashing into the neighborhood. The crash damaged buildings in the area, some of which caught fire. The aircraft's wings were reported as being on fire in the moments before the plane crashed into rooftops. : 10 and was near the end of its 90-minute journey, when it crashed at around 14:45 (09:45 UTC) into the densely-populated neighborhood of Model Colony around 3 kilometres (2 miles) from the airport. The flight, piloted by captain Sajjad Gul and first officer Usman Azam, took off from Lahore at 13:05. Eight people on the ground were also injured in the accident, one of whom later succumbed to her injuries. Of the 91 passengers and 8 crew on board the aircraft, 97 were killed, and two passengers survived with injuries. On, the Airbus A320 crashed into Model Colony, a densely populated residential area of Karachi only a few kilometres (miles) from the runway, while on a second approach after a failed landing with landing gear not deployed. Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303 was a scheduled domestic flight from Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore to Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan. Jinnah International Airport, Karachi, Pakistan AP-BLD, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen in 2017Ĭrashed during go-around after dual engine flameout
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