On 5ᵗʰ April 1999 at 0745 UTC, an Airbus 310, Flight PK-268, Pakistan Registered AP-BEQ was scheduled for a Regular Public Transport (RPT) Flight from Karachi to Kathmandu (Nepal). The Fiist Officer/Co-Pilot was pilot flying (PF). During take off run, at 100 knots, the Captain, who was pilot not flying (PNF), called out the speed. The PF checked his speed on Primary Flight Display (PFD) and found it reading about 45 Knots. For about 15 seconds, decision to abort or continue take off was not taken. During this time the speed went from 100 knots to about 170 knots. At that stage the Captain aborted take off. The aircraft came to a stop about 276 feet before the end of the R/W. The temperature of the brakes soared to about 700°C. Resultantly, seven of the eight tyres of the main landing gears deflated. As smoke was reported from the tyres by the ATC, the aircraft was switched off on the Runway. After 3 hours 15 minutes the aircraft was removed from the R/W and the R/W was opened for normal traffic. Seven flights bound for Karachi were diverted to other airports and fourteen flights were delayed during the period the R/W remained blocked. No member of the crew or passenger was injured.
