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Accident - Shaheen Air Flight NL142, Boeing 737-400 aircraft, Reg. No. AP-BJO at AIIAP Lahore on 03-11-2015

  • Type: accident
  • Status: FINAL INVESTIGATION REPORT
  • Operator: Shaheen Air
  • Flight no.: NL142
  • Registration number: AP-BJO
  • Type of aircraft: 737-400
  • Date of occurrence: 03-11-2015
  • Date of uploading: 20-05-2026
  • Location: Lahore Airport

On 3rd November 2015, M/s Shaheen Air International Flight NL-142, Boeing 737-400 aircraft Reg # AP-BJO, was on a scheduled passenger flight from Karachi to Lahore. The flight landed on Runway 36L as Runway 36R was not available due to ILS CAT-III up-gradation. After touchdown, both main landing gears broke one after the other. Subsequently, the aircraft departed runway while resting on both engines and stopped 8302 ft from Runway Threshold (RWT), 197ft left of runway centreline. The nose landing gear, however, remained intact. All the passengers were safely evacuated through emergency procedure. The fuselage of the aircraft remained intact. Both main landing gears got dislodged from the aircraft. The wing structure adjacent to the main landing gear attachment points was extensively damaged. Both engines sustained extensive damage because of dragging after landing gears collapse. The fuselage sustained damaged at right side in the tail section. The seats adjacent to the fuselage damage location were not occupied; therefore, there were no injuries.