Factbox: Details of Airbus plane that crashed in Pakistan

(Reuters) - An Airbus A321 operated by Pakistani airline Airblue crashed with 152 people on board in bad weather near Islamabad on Wednesday.

Here are some details of the type of plane involved.

DESCRIPTION

The A321 is a stretched version of the single-aisle, short- and medium-haul A-320 passenger plane, the most widely sold type of jetliner built by European planemaker Airbus.

The first A321 went into service in 1994 and the plane involved in Wednesday's crash was manufactured in 2000.

The crashed plane had carried out 13,500 flights and accumulated 34,000 flight hours in service, Airbus said.

The aircraft was leased to Airblue in 2006.

Aviation industry sources said the plane was leased to Airblue by International Lease Finance Corp, the leasing unit of U.S. insurer AIG.

Airbus is owned by European aerospace group EADS.

AIRCRAFT DETAILS

Passenger capacity (standard, 2-class) 185

(high density) 220

Flight crew 2

Length 146 feet/44.5 meters

Wingspan 111 ft 10 in/34.12 m

Interior cabin width 12 ft 1 in/3.7 m

Emergency exits: 8

Range 2,350 nautical miles/4,400 kilometers

Engines Choice of two manufacturers

(The plane involved in the crash had two V2533 engines

made by International Aero Engines: see below)

PRODUCTION

First A321 delivery 1994

Number of aircraft produced (as of end-June) 606

Backlog of planes ordered, not yet produced 204

(Airblue has 14 of the sister A320 model on order)

PRICE

List price (million dollars) 95.5

SAFETY RECORD

The crash is the first fatal incident involving an A321, according to the Flight Safety Foundation, a non-profit organization which keeps track of global aircraft accidents.

NOTE:

International Aero Engines is owned by Britain's Rolls-Royce, United Technologies unit Pratt & Whitney of the United States, Germany's MTU Aero Engines and a consortium of three Japanese engineering firms..

(Reporting by Tim Hepher; Editing by Mark Heinrich)