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On 22 May 2020, an Airbus A320 (AP-BLD) operated by Pakistan International Airlines on scheduled domestic passenger flight from Lahore to Karachi as PK 8303 touched down on runway 25L at destination in day visual meteorological conditions (VMC) with the landing gear still retracted. The aircraft continued along the runway, skidding on its engines for almost 700 metres before taking off again. Both engines successively failed soon afterwards due to loss of engine oil and lubrication, and when control was lost the aircraft crashed into a residential district approximately 1340 metres from the runway 25L threshold and was destroyed. Only two of the 91 passengers survived and all eight crew were also killed. Four people on the ground were injured, one of whom subsequently died. Considerable structural and fire damage occurred where the aircraft crashed.