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Serious Incident (FOD) - PIA Flight PK 230, A320 aircraft, Reg. No. AP-BMY at AIIAP Lahore on 14-05-2026

  • Type: serious incident
  • Operator: PIA
  • Flight no.: PK 230
  • Registration number: AP-BMY
  • Type of aircraft: 320-214
  • Date of occurrence: 14-05-2026
  • Date of uploading: 01-07-2026
  • Location: Lahore Airport

AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 36R, THE PILOT REPORTED THE PRESENCE OF FOD ON THE RUNWAY. AT THE TIME OF LANDING, WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE TSRA WITH RAIN AND VARIABLE WINDS FROM 280° TO 040° AT 20 TO 25 KNOTS. DURING RUNWAY INSPECTION, PARTS OF A BIRD SHOOTER HUT, INCLUDING THE COMPLETE CABIN WHICH HAD DISLODGED FROM ITS ORIGINAL POSITION DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS, WERE FOUND SCATTERED ON THE RUNWAY BETWEEN 2000 TO 3000 FEET. AT 1622 HRS, THE AIRCRAFT PARKED AT STAND NO. 12. SUBSEQUENTLY, AT 1645 HRS, THE PILOT REPORTED VIA LANDLINE THAT FOD HAD BEEN INGESTED INTO ENGINE NO. 1. DURING INITIAL ENGINE INSPECTION, ENGINE NO. 1 COWLING WAS FOUND RUPTURED AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. A TOTAL OF THREE (03) IRON RODS, MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 12 TO 22 INCHES IN LENGTH, WERE FOUND LODGED AT THE ENGINE NO. 1 INLET/LIP AREA, WHILE ONE (01) IRON ROD WAS FOUND STUCK BETWEEN THE FAN BLADES AND THE BYPASS SECTION. MOREOVER, MULTIPLE METALLIC PIECES WERE OBSERVED ALONG THE ENGINE NO. 1 COMPRESSOR BLADES, INDICATING THAT FOD MAY HAVE BEEN INGESTED DEEPER INTO THE ENGINE CORE.

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