Accidents
PIA Grounds ATR Fleet for Inspection Following Crash
Authorities suspect engine trouble caused December 7 crash of PIA ATR 42
ATR 42-500 S/N 663 crashed on December 7, killing all 47 on board. (Photo: PIA)
ATR 42-500 S/N 663 crashed on December 7, killing all 47 on board. (Photo: PIA)

Pakistan International Airlines has grounded its remaining fleet of 10 ATR 42s and 72s until it conducts what the country's Civil Aviation Authority described as “shakedown tests” of the airline’s fleet following the December 7 crash of a PIA ATR 42-500 that killed all 47 occupants. The suspension of operation will particularly affect PIA flights to small airports such as Gwadar, Turbat, Panjgur, Moenjodaro, Zhob, Bahawalpur, Dera Ghazi Khan, Chitral and Gilgit, according to state-run Radio Pakistan.