Created Thursday, Mar 14th 2024 16:07Z, last updated Thursday, Mar 14th 2024 16:07Z
A PIA Pakistan International Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration AP-BMX performing flight
PK-217 from Peshawar (Pakistan) to Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), was enroute at FL340 about 300nm west of Karachi (Pakistan) when the crew decided to divert to Karachi due to the failure of the Inertial Navigation System (INS) #3 and the INS #2 being inaccurate/intermittent. The aircraft landed safely on Karachi's runway 25L about 50 minutes later.
The aircraft remained on the ground in Karachi for about 4 hours, then continued the flight and reached Abu Dhabi with a delay of about 8 hours (including 2 hours late departure from Peshawar).
According to information The Aviation Herald received INS#3 failed in flight, INS#2 was inaccurate/intermittent, hence the crew decided to divert to Karachi to have this rectified. Maintenance in Karachi replaced INS#3, swapped INS#1 and INS#2 and replaced the INS control panel.
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