On 22nd May, 2020 at 08:05:30 Universal Time Coordinated (UTC), PIA Airbus A320-214 aircraft Reg. No. AP-BLD, took off from Allama Iqbal International Airport (AIIAP) Lahore, Pakistan to perform a regular commercial passenger flight (PK 8303) to JIAP Karachi, Pakistan with 08 crew members [Captain, First Officer (FO) and 06 flight attendants] and 91 passengers. At 09:15:38 UTC, descent for Approach was initiated. Flight was cleared for an Instrument Landing System (ILS) Approach Runway (R/W) 25L. Aircraft altitude was around 9,000 feet (ft) instead of 3,000 ft at 15 Nautical Mile (NM) from touchdown. Speed Brakes and Landing Gears were extended. Aircraft was significantly above the published vertical approach path. Around 5 NM from the touchdown, both Speed Brakes and Landing Gears were retracted. Several Warnings, cockpit indications and Air Traffic Control (ATC) instructions were disregarded by flight crew and the Unstabilized Approach was continued. At 09:34:28 UTC, aircraft touched almost 4,500 ft down the R/W 25L with Landing Gears retracted. Flight crew initiated a Go-Around. Both Engines were damaged during the contact with the R/W. The resultant loss of Engine oil and subsequent lack of lubrication resulted in failure of both Engines. Around 2,000 ft, flight crew announced that they have lost Engines, followed by a MAYDAY call. Aircraft started to lose height and crashed at 09:40:18 UTC in a populated area 1,340 meters (m) short of R/W 25L. Out of 99 persons on-board, 97 were fatally injured whereas 02 passengers survived. On ground 04 persons were injured, out of them 01 expired later in the hospital.
