Originally Posted by
parkfell
Another “unbelievable” accident occurred to PIA8303 at Karachi in May 2021 when an Airbus 320 was operated in such a way that the aircraft system designers simply hadn’t contemplated would be possible.
PIA 8303 was in the "unbelievable" part of the spectrum of human performance, however the aircraft system designers were not involved in the event, and bear no obligation to the "quality" of crewing that existed on that day. There was sufficient and well tried systems to get the pilot person occupying a seat; pilot; for the use of, but the failure in the heads of the occupants at 0A and 0B was well outside any expected human performance that didn't include drugs or alcohol. The guys are high through their own processes, put the gear down high, and then when approaching a semblance of a profile retract the gear, then ignore every warning in the front room where pilots are supposed to be in attendance, and do a touch and go on the engine accessory gearboxes, tearing out the oil lines to both engines. Rather than complete the slide to a stop, they conduct a G/A, and everyone on board and some on the ground conclude their story on the planet somewhat earlier than anticipated. That would have been a shock for a 5 hr solo student, this was a trained and apparently "licensed" bunch of individuals that were given papers permitting them to be in the front office of an RPT jet.
It is slightly more disturbing than the US Bangla bingle at Katmandu, where, at a stretch, one could argue that the ND display was not as user friendly as it could be, perhaps a "PLEASE LAND HERE" message should be flashed on the map with an "INSERT THIS WAY" series of arrows suggesting which way is which for the cartographically challenged.