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Page Is Dedicated To The Memory of Flight Crew, Cabin Crew And
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Vickers Viscount 815 (Copyright
© Vickers-Armstrongs) |
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This photo
shows PIA's very first
brand new Vickers
Viscount 815 (AP-AJC) on a pre-delivery test flight before its
delivery to PIA on January 12, 1959. On May 18, 1959,
AP-AJC skidded sideways off the
runway and broke one of its wings after landing at Rawalpindi
Airport, Pakistan. Although, there was no loss of life in this
accident but AP-AJC was damaged beyond repair and withdrawn from
use |
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de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
300 (Abbas Ali Collection) |
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This photo
shows AP-AWH at Dacca International Air Port/Tejgaon
Air Base in East Pakistan. Six brand-new Twin
Otters were delivered to PIA between November 1970 and March
1971. The former Sikorsky S-61N helicopter routes in East
Pakistan were resumed with these new Twin Otters. These sturdy
little airliners were most suitable and perfect for STOL (Short
Take-Off and Landing) operations in East Pakistan.
At the
start
of 1971 Pak-India war, on
December 4, 1971,
AP-AWH was one of two PIA Twin Otters at Dacca International Air
Port/Tejgaon
Air Base in East Pakistan.
The two Twin Otters were hidden under trees due to absence of
pen not large enough to properly secure these two aircraft. On
December 4 afternoon, AP-AWH was destroyed on ground by an
Indian Air Force (IAF) MiG-21FL flown by Wing Commander
Bhupinder Kumar Bishnoi during air raid. The second Twin Otter
was lucky to survive the air raid.
On December 8, the surviving Twin Otter of PIA took-off from
Dacca Airport taxiway on flight to Burma (presently known as
Myanmar). The Twin Otter on its flight to Burma carried Pakistan
Air Force (PAF) No. 14 Squadron F-86E Sabre fighter pilots
because runway at Dacca cratered by IAF bombings had become
unusable for combat aircraft operations. The F-86E pilots were
flown to Burma to shift them to West Pakistan and enable them to
take part in air war from West Pakistan |
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Fokker F27 Friendship Mark 200 (Copyright
© PIA) |
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This photo
shows AP-BBF taking off from an airport in Pakistan in early
1980s. On August 25, 1989, AP-BBF was operating early morning
flight from Gilgit to Islamabad when it vanished in the
Himalayan mountains. 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 |
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Fokker
F27 Friendship Mark 200 (Frank
Ellemers Collection) |
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This rare photo from Frank's collection shows AP-ATO parked at
Chitral Airport in late 1960s. On December 16, 1978, AP-ATO with
three crew members onboard took off from Karachi Airport for
training flight including a series of stall tests. On final
approach to Karachi Airport, both
engines of the
aircraft lost power immediately following power increase during
a stall recovery and the aircraft crashed near the airport.
Unfortunately one of the crew members aboard the Fokker died in
this accident |
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