Airblue Flight 202
Air blue Flight 202 Airblue Flight 202 AP-BJB, the Airblue Airbus A321-231 involved in the accident, photographed at Manchester Airport on 24 June 2010, just over a month before the crash Accident summary Date 28 July 2010 Type Under investigation Margalla Hills, Pakistan Site 33°44′23″N 73°3′29″E 33.73972°N 73.05806°E Coordinates : 33°44′23″N 73°3′29″E 33.73972°N 73.05806°E Passengers 146 Crew 6 Fatalities 152 (all)[1] Survivors 0 Aircraft type Airbus A321-231 Operator Airblue Tail number AP-BJB Flight origin Jinnah International Airport, Karachi, Pakistan Destination Benazir Bhutto International Airport, Islamabad, Pakistan Airblue Flight 202 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight which crashed on 28 July 2010 near Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, killing all 146 passengers and six crew aboard.[1][2][3] It is the deadliest air accident to occur in Pakistan to date.[4] The aircraft, an Airblue operated Airbus A321- 231 narrow-body jet airliner, crashed in the Margalla Hills north of Islamabad during a flight from Karachi's Jinnah International Airport to Benazir Bhutto International Airport.[5] Air traffic controllers reportedly lost contact with the flight crew during its attempt to land in dense fog and heavy monsoon rain.[6] [7] The accident was the first fatal crash involving an Airbus A321, a long variant of the Airbus A320 family of short to medium range airliners.[8] Based in Islamabad, Airblue is Pakistan's second largest airline with over 30% share of the domestic market. At the time of the accident the airline operated seven aircraft, all in the A320 family.
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