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Another near-miss for PIA as an A320 lands while AirSial is still taking off

On Saturday, August 20, a near-collision between two aero planes occurred at Pakistan’s Jinnah International Airport (KHI) in Karachi.

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On Saturday, August 20, a near-collision between two aero planes occurred at Pakistan’s Jinnah International Airport (KHI) in Karachi. On the same runway that an AirSial flight was taking off, a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) jet was making its final approach to land.

The close call is attributed to Air Traffic Control. ATC asserts that it gave the PIA flight a go-around order, but maintains that the pilots’ carelessness was to blame for the close call. The incident is being investigated by Pakistani aviation authorities, and those responsible will be held accountable.

The nearly crash has been attributed to ATC inattention. The PIA flight was instructed to go around, according to Karachi’s ATC, but the pilots chose to land anyway without clearance. Nevertheless, negligence was a factor in this incident.

Even if it was given the go-around order, it is uncommon for ATC to give permission for one aircraft to reach a runway when another one is on short final. The event is being looked into by the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA). It was claimed that individuals accountable would face consequences and that the behavior would be changed to make incidents of this nature less likely to happen.

Prior to landing in Karachi, the PIA flight had flown 1,092 kilometres since departing Peshawar in northern Pakistan earlier that day. It was in the air for 1 hour, 31 minutes. The AirSial flight flew 1,104 kilometres after takeoff to reach Islamabad, Pakistan. It also took one hour and 31 minutes for this flight.

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