On This Day

The Crash of Airblue Flight 202

Airblue Flight 202 was an Airbus A321-231 jet airliner that crashed into the Margalla Hills, north of Islamabad’s Benazir Bhutto International Airport, on 28 July 2010, killing all 146 passengers and 6 crew on board (totally 152 people). It is the deadliest air accident to occur in Pakistan to date and the first fatal crash involving an Airbus A321.

The aircraft was en route from Karachi to Islamabad when it crashed at 9:41 a.m. local time. The weather conditions at the time were poor, with low visibility and heavy fog. The aircraft was cleared to land on runway 12, but it crashed into the hills about 8 nautical miles (15 kilometers) from the airport.