Lightening strike & port wing on fire. An eyewitness snapped off a few pictures before the crash. The atittude suddenly shifted after the strike.
This has hit somewhat close to home. Both the Captain & Co-pilot were ex PAF & friends of both my uncle(ex PAF) (married to my aunt) & best friend's father (in service AVM). I even met the capt as a kid once when visiting my aunt. Sad day. The airline was idle from 93-2012 not only due to finances but also it's maintenance practices. They used to send landing gear tyres tp car tyre repair shops to be serviced. What do you expect. A PIA flight was diverted to Lahore just before. Unfortunately if Captain Afridi had diverted the airline Bhoja would have canned him for making them suffer an economic loss. The bloody bas*** are selling the passenger manifest for Rs 20 to the families even now!