Pakistan International Airlines Flight 268

Pakistan International Airlines Flight 268
Wreckage of AP-BCP
Accident
Date28 September 1992 (1992-09-28)
SummaryControlled flight into terrain due to pilot error
SiteBhattedanda, Nepal
27°31′58″N 85°17′05″E / 27.53278°N 85.28472°E / 27.53278; 85.28472
Aircraft

AP-BCP, the aircraft involved about seven months before the accident.
Aircraft typeAirbus A300B4-103
OperatorPakistan International Airlines
IATA flight No.PK268
ICAO flight No.PIA268
Call signPAKISTAN 268
RegistrationAP-BCP
Flight originJinnah International Airport, Karachi, Pakistan
DestinationTribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal
Occupants167
Passengers155
Crew12
Fatalities167
Survivors0

Pakistan International Airlines Flight 268 was an Airbus A300, registration AP-BCP, which crashed while approaching Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport on 28 September 1992. All 167 people on board were killed. Flight 268 is the worst accident in the history of Pakistan International Airlines, and the worst ever to occur in Nepal.