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This
Page Is Dedicated To The Memory of Flight Crew, Cabin Crew And
Passengers
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Fokker
F27 Friendship Mark 200 (Copyright
© Fokker) |
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PIA Fokker F27 (AP-AUR) seen on Fokker aircraft production line
in the Netherlands in 1966. It was delivered to PIA on April 30,
1966 and served PIA for more than thirty eight years. On June
16, 2004, AP-AUR was damaged beyond repair after meeting an
accident at Chitral Airport.
Click here to see photos of AP-AUR damaged after
its accident at Chitral Airport |
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Airbus
A300B4-203 (Copyright
© Umar
Anis) |
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PIA's
ill-fated AP-BCP photographed by Umar Anis at
Lahore Airport on March 31, 1987. When Umar took this photo the
A300 was completing PIA flight PK-302 from Karachi to Lahore
under the command of Capt. Asad Ali. Five years later, on
September 28, 1992, AP-BCP crashed into a hill, in poor
visibility and misty weather conditions, minutes before landing
at Kathmandu valley's Tribhuvan International Airport, Nepal.
167 people died in this accident |
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Fokker
F27 Friendship Mark 200 (Copyright
© Fokker) |
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This photo taken on
December 9, 1960 shows PIA's very first F27 on a test flight
under Fokker's pre-delivery Dutch registration PH-FCB. This
aircraft was delivered to PIA as AP-ALM on January 3, 1961. On
August 6, 1970, AP-ALM crashed just three minutes after take off
from Rawalpindi for a flight to Lahore. At the time of accident,
weather was not good for flying with heavy rain and strong wind.
All 30 people on board (4 crew members and 26 passengers) lost
their lives in this tragic crash |
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Fokker
F27 Friendship Mark 200 (Leonardo
Pinzauti Collection) |
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This rare color
photo from Leonardo's collection shows AP-ALX at Karachi Airport
in 1960s. On December 12, 1971, AP-ALX crashed near Pakistan's
border with Iran. There were four crew members aboard the
aircraft and unfortunately all of them died in this accident |
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