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They Landed on Their Bellies: Why 98 People Didn't Survive PIA 8303
They Landed on Their Bellies: Why 98 People Didn't Survive PIA 8303
The sound of aluminum grinding against concrete echoed for miles when an Airbus A320’s engines hit Runway 25L first - the airplane was intact and 99 people were alive for a brief, terrible moment. How did an aircraft with a valid airworthiness certificate, a captain with 17,252 hours, and a plane that had flown six times since returning to service end with 98 preventable deaths?
In this episode, we tell who was on Flight 8303, what happened during the final approach and immediate aftermath, and the systemic failures that made…
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