Pakistan Plane Crash

• Pakistan’s national airline banned from flying to Europe for 6 months

  An inquiry into the May 22 crash that killed 97 people at Karachi resulted in the stunning revelation that 260 of 860 pilots in Pakistan had cheated on their pilots exams, but were still given licences.

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  Jun 30, 2020
  
• Pakistan pilots’ union denies allegation that licences were obtained by fraud

  The allegations of cheating to obtain pilot licenses in Pakistan come in the wake of the May 22 crash of a PIA Airbus A320 in a residential area near Jinnah International Airport

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  Jun 27, 2020
  
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• In wake of fatal crash, Pakistan to ground 150 pilots accused of cheating on exams

  Abdullah Hafeez, a spokesman for Pakistan International Airlines, did not give additional details about the alleged cheating but said a process to fire the pilots had been initiated.

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  Jun 25, 2020
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• Airbus experts, engineers to probe fatal plane crash in Pakistan

  Initial reports have said the Pakistan International Airlines jet crashed after an apparent engine failure.

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  May 26, 2020
• Pilot issued warning before fatal plane crash in Pakistan

  The plane crashed near Jinnah International Airport, in the poor and congested residential area known as Model Colony. PIA spokesman Abdullah Hafiz Khan said the aircraft destroyed or heavily damaged 18 homes.

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  May 23, 2020
• Pakistani airliner with 98 aboard crashes in crowded neighbourhood in Karachi

  A passenger plane with 98 people on board crashed in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi Friday. No Canadians are known to have been on board.

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  May 22, 2020
• At least 17 dead after military plane crashes into homes in Pakistan

  Five soldiers, including two army pilots, and at least 12 civilians were killed, the military said in a statement.

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  Jul 29, 2019
• Pakistan passenger plane crashes with 48 people on board

  A plane belonging to Pakistan's national carrier crashed on Wednesday with 48 people on board, apparently killing all of them, police and an airline spokesman said.

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  Dec 7, 2016