PIA Fokker Down in Multan

[mohammed younis]

According to Geo news, PIA staff new the aircraft was not reliable, also very old.

[bravo45]

Never get carried away by inital reports, there has not even been one picture of the site yet.
And NEVER EVER believe what news networks are saying, it's their business to get along with saying thing as if its possible to solve everything in one minute. Lets remember PIA has given NO OFFICIAL information yet. The only confirmation right now is that we have a Fokker down. Lets pray its a total life loss, about the aircraft I can't my head around the fact that we seem to have a crash apparently resulting from an engine failure of an aircraft that could very well have been DAYS away from retirement.

[ammad]

Any photo of Captain and First officer Please?

[Abbas Ali]

People are gathered near the wreckage of a Pakistani Fokker F-27 twin-engine passenger plane which was crashed in Multan, Pakistan, Monday, July 10, 2006. The Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane crashed soon after takeoff on a domestic flight, and many of the 45 people on board were feared dead, an airline official said. (AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer)

45 killed in Pakistani plane crash

MULTAN, Pakistan - A passenger plane slammed into a wheat field and burst into flames minutes after takeoff Monday from a city in eastern Pakistan. All 45 people on board were killed, officials said.

The Pakistan International Airlines plane went down about two miles from the airport in Multan, causing a huge explosion,, witnesses said.

"All 41 passengers and four crew members onboard the plane have died," said Iftikhar Babar, a district coordinator.

An airline official said there was no chance anyone survived. He declined to be named as he was not authorized to address the media.

The plane was on a flight to Lahore, the capital of eastern Punjab province.

"The plane lost contact with the control tower about two minutes after takeoff. We don't know what happened to it," said an engineer for the airline, Mansoor A. Rahi.

Mohammed Nadeem, a jeweler who lives near the crash site, said the plane was rotating sideways in the air before it hit the ground.

Photo & News Source: Yahoo News

[bravo45]

After long decades of excellent service, it had to come down to this:
I can't believe I am saying this but this should probably be the last passenger flight of a PIA F-27.

Even though the fuselage is not visible, it looks very bad from the picture.

[Abbas Ali]

The PIA Fokker F-27 Friendship 200, registration AP-BAL, construction number 10243, lost in this accident was built in 1964. PIA purchased it from French regional airline TAT (Transport Aérien Transrégional) in 1979 and the aircraft was delivered to PIA on January 26, 1979.

[VirtualPIA]

ARYone is reporting that at least one of the pilots was alive after the crash, but could not be saved due to the blaze.
Officials are losing hope of finding survivors. Different networks are reporting that the PM has ordered all Fokker F-27 aircraft to be grounded. The passenger lists have been released and the names are being read on GEO, ARYONE and INDUS tv.
A truly tragic accident, Inna lillah wa inna ilaihi rajioon.

[Adnaan786]

Apparently it crashed because of some technical reason as some witnesses on ground have told us that they saw flames on the aircraft after taking off from the airport, but we can't say exactly what the reason might be, Mr Babar was quoted as saying by AFP.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5164280.stm

Mohammed Nadeem, a jeweler who lives near the crash site, said the plane was rotating sideways in the air before it hit the ground.

It sounds like an engine fire - the crew probably trying to come back to land at the airfield or land in a field but catching some cables and losing control.

[VirtualPIA]

[Babushka99]

Inna lillahi wa-inna ilayhi raji'un
May Allah bless us and those who are no longer amongst us, may their sins be forgiven, and may Allah shower them with His forgiveness. Ameen.

[SM]

Deleted.

[ammad]

Passengers
1 Mr. Abdul Rehman
2 Mr. Aftab Hussain Khan
3 Mr. Ahmed Ejaz
4 Mr. Ejaz Ali
5 Mr. Arshad Azad
6 Mr. Asmat ullah Khan
7 Mr. Imtiaz Anwer
8 Mr. Ishfaq Ahmed
9 Mrs. Kanwal Iqbal
10 Mr. Malik Saeed
11 Mr. Mirza Arshed Baig
12 Mr. Mohammad Irfan
13 Mr. Mohammad Murtuza
14 Mr. Raja Ifthikar Ali
15 Mr. Saleem Shah
16 Ms. Sameena Mushtaq
17 Mr. Shakhi Muhammad
18 Mr. Sohail Ahmed
19 Mr. Waseem Ahmed
20 Mr. Zia Haider
21 Mr. Abdul Rauf
22 Brig. Aftab Ahmed
23 Mr. Ali Imran
24 Mr. Altaf Hussain
25 Mr. Anjum
26 Ms. Eish
27 Brig. Farhat Sabir
28 Dr. Farheen Fatima
29 Dr. Farzana Kausar
30 Mr. Habib
31 Capt. Mrs. Hasnain
32 Dr. Humaira Ashraf
33 Mr. Muhammad Aslam Shad
34 Mr. Muhammad Arshad Latif
35 Mr. Muhammad Islam Gill
36 Mr. Muhammad Naeeem Moghal
37 Justice Muhammad Nawaz Bhatti
38 Capt. Naveed Tariq
39 Justice Nazeer Ahmed Siddiqui
40 Professor Muhammad Naseer Khan
41 Ms. Tehseen Zehra


Crew
1 Capt. Hamid
2 First officer Ibrar Chughtai
3 Ms. Tabana Jamil
4 Ms. Amirah Sikindar Azeem

[Boeing 787]

Inalilah-e-Wainalahai-rajiun
May Allah bless all the victims with Janat-ul-firdaus. Amin
My dear friends do not fully believe in media. They have launched a false propaganda. Their news is full of "mirch masalas" exaggerated to the extreme. I request Umar Anis to do something in order to counteract the false facts.

[Abbas Ali]

Some photos of wreckage burning at crash site:

http://editorial.gettyimages.com/source ... 6325&cdi=0

http://editorial.gettyimages.com/source ... 6247&cdi=0

http://editorial.gettyimages.com/source ... 6110&cdi=0

http://editorial.gettyimages.com/source ... 5883&cdi=0

[Abbas Ali]

Following info provided by Umar Anis (forum member umar744)

Aircraft's commander Capt. Hamid Riaz Qureshi was born on January 6, 1953 and he joined PIA on December 7, 1989. He was co-pilot on Boeing 747 from 1999 to 2003.