ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 122696
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| Date: | Sunday 22 May 2011 |
| Time: | 22:30 |
| Type: |  Lockheed P-3C-1 Orion |
| Owner/operator: | Pakistan Navy |
| Registration: | 84 |
| MSN: | 5634 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | PNS Mehran, Karachi -
 Pakistan
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
At least nine people including three troops and six militants were killed in a terrorist attack on a Pakistan air force base in the country's southern port city of Karachi late Sunday night, local Urdu TV channel ARY reported.
Besides, several military airplanes including 2 imported U.S. made P-3C-1 Orion aircraft (84 and 87) were reportedly destroyed in the attack and another P-3C-1 (81) was serious damaged.
Earlier news reports said that four foreigners were killed in the attack and they were believed to be U.S. engineers working at the air force base, but a spokesman for the U.S. embassy here denied the report, saying no U.S. nationals were killed in the attack.
The terror attack occurred at about 10:30 p.m. local time Sunday night when three explosions were first heard inside the air force base, followed by heavy gunfire.
The government troops immediately cordoned off the area shortly after the blasts, media people, even rescue teams and ambulances were not allowed to enter the area, no one knows what exactly is going on inside the air force base, said a witness.
Sources:
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-05/23/c_13888440.htm
https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/260609-etpb-commissioner-tussle-over-parking-plaza
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13495127
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-May-2011 01:43 | gerard57 | Added |
| 23-May-2011 01:51 | gerard57 | Updated [Source] |
| 23-May-2011 01:59 | gerard57 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 23-May-2011 02:50 | Dmitriy | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source] |
| 23-May-2011 05:26 | gerard57 | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 23-May-2011 13:30 | Anon. | Updated [Source] |
| 24-May-2011 17:26 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Narrative] |
| 31-Aug-2018 12:23 | TB | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
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