Pakistan International Airlines Flight 756
Airbus A310-324ET · Aircraft hit by gunfire during approach
From King Khalid International Airport (RUH) to Bacha Khan International Airport (PEW)
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Incident
- Event fatalities
- 1 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- 190
- Survivors
- 189
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- 2
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Airline
Airbus A310-324ET
- Flight
- PK756
- Aircraft type
- Airbus A310
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- AP-BGN
- Operator
- Pakistan International Airlines
- Onboard fatalities
- 1
- Route
- From King Khalid International Airport (RUH)To Bacha Khan International Airport (PEW)
Not plotted · Not plotted: the Wikipedia article gives no coordinates, and its site names no town or airport that matches exactly.
From the Wikipedia article
On 24 June 2014, while on approach to its destination, Peshawar, the Airbus A310 operating as Pakistan International Airlines Flight 756, was hit by gunfire fired from outside the airport. One female passenger was killed and two crew members received serious injuries.
Accident
The flight was uneventful until the aircraft was approaching Peshawar when, at an altitude of around 4900 feet, it was hit by at least fifteen bullets. One female passenger was hit in the head and killed, and two cabin crew members were hit and seriously injured. According to officials of the airline the attackers aimed at the plane's fuel tanks and at the cockpit, in order to kill the pilots. Eight bullets hit the plane in an area near its service door, while one hit one engine. The day after the attack the Peshawar's Police confirmed that the bullets were fired by a submachine gun positioned in Masho Khel, and that after the attack the preparators fled away.
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Sources
Wikipedia article: Pakistan International Airlines Flight 756
- Revision
- 1372573195 · 2026-09-01 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q131286446
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- Wikipedia article "Pakistan International Airlines Flight 756" (page 78283775, revision 1372573195)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site; country from Wikidata (P17)
- Map position
- none
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- airline flight number in the infobox
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.