Above Photo by Dietmar Schreiber
Flight PK-231 from Islamabad via Peshawar veered off the side of the runway at Dubai after the right-hand main landing gear collapsed as it touched down. The aircraft skidded and eventually came to rest in sand 50 meters away from the runway.
The aircraft sustained damage to its right wing structure and its no.2 engine, which partly broke off the wing. According to a press release by UAE's General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), the approach and landing of the aircraft was normal. But during the landing roll, the aircraft left the right side of the runway at slow speed and came to rest on the un-prepared surface 50 meters away from the runway facing 90 degree to the landing direction. All 193 passengers and 11 crew were evacuated safely.
The aircraft was eventually moved away from Dubai airport and sat alongside the remains of a Russian airliner near the creek for several years before being moved on a barge to be sunk as an artificial reef off the Palm during the construction of the Palm.
Current Position N25 08.358 E55 06.430
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