Aerostan Boeing 747 Returns To Karachi After Fuel Dump

An Aerostan Boeing 747-251B(SF) cargo aircraft registration EX-47002 flight BSC757 returned to Karachi after experiencing a technical problem.

According to details, the Kyrgyzstan-based charter operator Aerostan’s Boeing 747 departed from Karachi at 03:45 PM local time (10:45 UTC) and returned to Karachi after approximately one hour.

After taking off from Karachi just a short while ago was circling and dumping fuel on the outskirts of the city over the ocean, later descended back towards the airport. However, the aircraft did not land immediately.

Source: flightradar24.com

The Aerostan cargo aircraft landed back at the Karachi airport after a reported flight time of 1 hour and 2 minutes.

As the aircraft’s takeoff weight is much higher than the landing weight due to the fuel being carried, the 747 first had to dump fuel which means that the aircraft continued to fly over the Arabian sea and the city of Karachi for nearly 1 hour and 2 minutes after requesting permission to land to reduce the fuel onboard. Once it had burned enough fuel to prevent a hard landing or structural damage, the 747 landed at the Jinnah International Airport, nearly an hour after taking off.

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Earlier, a PIA Flight # PK-306, which was scheduled to depart on August 12, 2021 at 07:15 pm (PST) from Karachi to Lahore landed back at the Jinnah International Airport after unreliable airspeed indications. Sources reveal that PIA’s Airbus A320-200, registration AP-BLU, was climbing out of Karachi’s runway 25L when the crew stopped the climb at about 4000 feet reporting their airspeed indications disagreed. The aircraft returned to Karachi for a safe landing on runway 25L about 16 minutes after departure.

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As a result, PIA’s Lahore-bound flight was performed with a replacement Airbus A320-200 registration AP-BLS which took off for Lahore around 10:00 pm (PST) on August 12, 2021, with a delay of 2:45 hours. It is to be noted that with due to unreliable airspeed, it is really difficult to manoeuvre the aircraft, as it needs to be flown with pitch and thrust settings without an autopilot, which can eventually be life threatening as well.

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