Crash 737 Islamabad

[ErwinS]

CORAL GABLES (LALATE) – Bhoja Airline Flight B4-213 has crashed near Chaklala airbase. Bhoja Airline Flight B4-213 had 127 passengers on board en route to Islamabad. Officials have yet to indicate if any passengers have survived.

A plane near Islamabad today has been identified as Boeing 737 operated by Bhoja Airline. Flight # B4213 was en route from Karachi to Islamabad. But for reasons unknown, the plane crashed moments before landing. Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) tells news that rescue teams are on scene. The location of the cash is reportedly near a Chaklala airbase.

Other reports are indicating that there may have been 113 passengers on board. Tribune.com.pk is reporting that the exact location of the crash might be the residential community of Jinnah Garden.

Search and rescue teams have dispatched from Islamabad and Rawalpindi. The plane is believed to be at the “Koral Chowk on Islamabad Express Highway in Rawalpindi ” claims Express news. Unconfirmed reports claim that the plane crashed less than 10 km from the Islamabad runaway near the airbase in Chaklala. For updates, click HERE.

[IberiaMD-87]

Here is a link to AvHerald:

Boeing 737 crash

[ErwinS]

Bhoja Air just restarted ops....
Aircraft involved:
Construction number 21793. Registered in Great Britain as G-BGDD. First flight on February 13, 1980. Delivered to British Airways, February 23, 1980. Registered in Netherlands as PH-TSE and operated by Transavia Airlines, April 21, 1995. Registered in South Africa as ZS-NNG and operated by Comair Limited, September 13, 1995. Aircraft stored at Johannesburg Airport (JNB), South Africa, January 2011. Registered in Pakistan as AP-BKD for Bhoja Air, February 24, 2012.

RIP

[CathayPacific]

Sounds like a replay of the Air Blue A321 crash at Islamabad not too long ago.

[Evan]

Sounds like a replay of the Air Blue A321 crash at Islamabad not too long ago.

Airblue 202 was attempting to circle in to RWY 12 in low visibility and the Capt lost visual on the runway and positional awareness but continued the illegal approach anyway, then failed to engage heading track mode on the FCU, thereby delaying the turn off from the mountains ahead. It was sheer muttonheadedness.

This one seems to have dropped while approaching the ILS to RWY 30. I don't know if it is coincidental, but the crash is reported to have occurred about 10nm out from the RWY30 threshold. The approach plate I have indicates a steep turn from 60 to 340 at the 10nm radius. Could something have gone wrong in the turn? Rudder PCU malfunction perhaps...

It seems more likely to be weather related...

[orangehuggy]

this airline intentionally purchased a 30 year old 732 out of abandonment with the intention of what, using it in pax service until its 50? The steam gauges and antique engines would not support an overall "safety first" attitude in this company. having said all that I have no idea why this thing went down.

[ALPHA320]

this airline intentionally purchased a 30 year old 732 out of abandonment with the intention of what, using it in pax service until its 50? The steam gauges and antique engines would not support an overall "safety first" attitude in this company. having said all that I have no idea why this thing went down.

What's wrong with that? When an aircraft is well maintained, the age and instrumentation is no safety concern.

[AVION1]

Another 737....!

[orangehuggy]

What's wrong with that? When an aircraft is well maintained, the age and instrumentation is no safety concern.

if their main goal is to find the cheapest aircraft available for sale on the planet, perhaps they are cutting costs in other safety-related aspects of their operation?

[orangehuggy]

Bhoja Air station manager Zahid Bangish told a Pakistani television station later Friday that the "aircraft was new, not the old one and unairworthy."

i'm confused

[ErwinS]

Now it seems to be the other 200. AP-BKC.

[Dmitry]

Another 737....!

Another 737-200, I would say(.

It seems more likely to be weather related...

METAR OPRN 201500Z 05030KT 4000 TS FEW025CB SCT030 BKN100 20/16 Q1014.3/29.95 TAF

TAF OPRN 200930Z 2012/2118 23005KT 6000 SCT040 SCT100
TEMPO 2012/2018 23015G25KT 4000 TS FEW030CB SCT035 BKN100
TEMPO 2019/2022 23015G25KT 4000 TS FEW030CB SCT035 BKN100
TEMPO 2100/2103 23010G20KT 4000 FEW030TCU SCT035 BKN100

All in all the weather was more or less ok..
The plane may have been caught in a thunderstorm though.

[Dmitry]

Location of the crash was marked on Wikimapia

http://wikimapia.org/#lat=33.5888319&lon=73.1487198&z=18&l=1&m=b

[Dmitry]

[AVION1]

this airline intentionally purchased a 30 year old 732 out of abandonment with the intention of what, using it in pax service until its 50? The steam gauges and antique engines would not support an overall "safety first" attitude in this company. having said all that I have no idea why this thing went down.

Not sure about pax airplanes, but most cargo airplanes used by Fedex, UPS, DHL, etc. are old airplanes, most of their serial numbers are very low...probably the first 727-200 or 757 are still flying in one of those couriers I mentioned above.