This article have been shared by Farjad Akmal from Karachi, Pakistan
Date: August 6, 1970
Time: 02:17
Type: Fokker F27 Friendship Mark 200
Registration: AP-ALM
C/n: 10163
Year built: 1960
Total airframe hours: 19000 hours
Cycles: 26000 cycles
Crew: 4 fatalities/4 on board
Passengers: 26 fatalities/26 on board
Total: 30 fatalities/30 on board
Location: Rawalpindi; 11nm SE (Pakistan)
At 02.14h, the F27 took off from Rawalpindi for a 44-minute flight to Lahore. About three minutes later the aircraft crashed into the ground, left wing low at high speed. Weather was bad at the time of the accident: thunderstorms in heavy rainfall and gusty winds.(Strong MONSOON clouds were penetrating near ISD/RWP)
Date: September 15, 1985
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Type: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
Registration: AP-BCH
C/n: 768
Year built: 1981
Crew: 0 fatalities/0 on board
Passengers: 0 fatalities/0 on board
Total: 0 fatalities/0 on board
Location: Islamabad International Airport (Pakistan)
Remarks: On September 15, 1985, a pair of PIA de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 aircraft (AP-BCG and AP-BCH) parked at Islamabad International Airport collided with each other due to bad weather and strong winds. AP-BCH suffered serious damage in this incident. Eventually both Twin Otters (AP-BCG & AP-BCH) were repaired and returned to service.(STRONG WINDS DUE TO INCURSION OF MOISTURE)
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Date: August 25, 1989
Time: 07:45
Type: Fokker F27 Friendship Mark 200
Registration: AP-BBF
C/n: 10207
Year built: 1962
Total airframe hours: 44524 hours
Cycles: 41685 cycles
Crew: 5 fatalities/5 on board
Passengers: 49 fatalities/49 on board
Total: 54 fatalities/54 on board
Location: Bunji (Pakistan)
Phase: Climb
Nature: Scheduled passenger
Flight: Gilgit – Islamabad
Flight number: PK-404
Remarks: The F27 took off from Gilgit at 07.36h and crashed in the Himalayan mountains.That was an accident that shake my mind i was shocked when i heard that plane debris was never recovered.IT lost near Himayliyan Range.SOme say that jins took over them or some unusal creature took them away but only ALLAH KNOWS BEST.
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Fokker F27 Friendship Mark 200 (Copyright © ATDB) |
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This photo shows ill fated AP-BBF at Karachi Airport in 1984. On August 25, 1989, AP-BBF vanished in Himalayan mountains. The aircraft was operating early morning flight from Gilgit to Islamabad. The wreckage of this unlucky Fokker was never found. AP-BBF was carrying a total of 54 people including 5 crew members and 49 passengers. Flight crew included Capt. Ahsan Aftab Bilgrami and Capt. |
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