What the records say
- When
- 20 Apr 2012
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 33.66° N, 72.99° E
- Description
- aviation accident
- Deaths
- 127
- Cause
- wind shear
Bhoja Air Flight 213
2012 aviation accident in Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Bhoja Air Flight 213 was a domestic scheduled passenger flight operated by Pakistani private airline Bhoja Air from Karachi to Islamabad. On 20 April 2012, the Boeing 737-200 aircraft serving the route crashed in bad weather during the final approach, killing all 121 passengers and 6 crew on board. It remains the second deadliest air disaster in Pakistan, after the 2010 crash of Airblue Flight 202.
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