06:14 pm - Wednesday
Airblue airplane flight ED 202 accident in Islamabad: no survivors
Blagnac, France - Manufacturer Airbus confirms the crash
(WAPA) - French manufacturer of aircraft crashed in Islamabad sends its regrets on the tragic incident occurred today. At this point, seems confirmed there are no survivors among the 152 people onboard.
"Airbus regrets to confirm that an Airbus A-321 operated by Airblue was involved in an accident shortly after 9.45 am local time. The aircraft was operating a scheduled service, Flight ED 202, from Karachi to Islamabad, Pakistan.
The aircraft involved in the accident, registered under AP-BJB, was MSN (Manufacturer Serial Number) 1218, initially delivered from the production line in 2000. The aircraft is leased to Airblue in January 2006. The aircraft had accumulated approximately 34,000 flight hours in some 13,500 flights. It was powered by IAE V2533 engines. At this time no further factual information is available.
Airbus is not part of the accident investigation commission but will provide all necessary support to the BEA as well as to the authorities who will be responsible for the accident investigation.
The A-321 is a twin-engine single-aisle seating 185 passengers in a standard two-class configuration. The first A-321 entered service in January 1994. To date, some 610 A-321’s are in service with nearly 70 operators. The entire fleet has accumulated some 10.6 million flight hours in some 5.8 million flights. The A-321 is part of the A-320 Family which has achieved over 50 million take offs and landings since the first model, the A-320, entered commercial service in 1988. Today, more than 4,300 aircraft are in operations to some 310 customers and operators worldwide.
Airbus will make further factual information available as soon as the details have been confirmed.
The concerns and sympathy of the Airbus employees go to the families, friends and loved ones affected by the accident of Flight ED 202". (Avionews)
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Direttore Clara Moschini