Pakistan İnternational Airlines Airbus 320 Karachi Plane Crash Animation...

Crash The flight, piloted by Captain Sajjad Gul, was near the end of its 90-minute journey,when it crashed at around 2:45 p.m. local time (09:45 UTC) over the "heavily congested" neighbourhood of Model Colony around 3 kilometres (1.9 miles; 1.6 nautical miles) from the airport.The aircraft's wings were reported as being on fire in the moments before the plane crashed into rooftops.The crash damaged buildings in the area,some of which caught fire. It appears that the pilot radioed air traffic control (ATC) to report technical problems—an engine failure or landing gear problems.Shortly before contact was lost, ATC told the pilot that he had two available runways at his disposal.According to PIA's CEO, Arshad Malik, the pilot told the control room that there was a technical issue and he decided to go around rather than land, even though two runways were ready for landing.The pilot reportedly told the controller, "we are returning back, sir, we have lost engines". Twelve seconds later he issued a mayday alert. The narrow streets and alleys comprising the area inhibited the rescue services.ISPR, the Pakistani military media, reported that special forces of the Pakistan Army and Pakistan Rangers had set up a cordon.Video footage of the crash scene from GEO TV showed emergency teams trying to reach the scene amid rubble, clouds of black smoke and flames in the background. Saad Edhi, a spokesperson of the Edhi welfare trust, said that about 25 to 30 residents, whose houses were damaged by the aircraft, had been taken to the hospital, mostly with burn injuries.