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AP-ALM |
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Certificate of Registration Number: |
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265 |
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Registration Date: |
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January 1961 |
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Operator/Owner: |
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Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) |
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Aircraft Type: |
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Fokker F27 Friendship Mark 200 |
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Construction Number: |
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10163 |
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Year Built: |
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1960 |
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First Flight: |
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December 9, 1960 |
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Test Flight Registration: |
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PH-FCB |
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Delivery Date: |
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January 3, 1961 |
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Fate: |
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Crashed on August 6, 1970 |
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Additional Remarks: |
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Construction number 10163. Built in 1960.
Registered in the Netherlands as PH-FCB, N.V. Koninklijke
Nederlandse Vliegtuigenfabriek (KNV) Fokker, December 9,
1960. First flight on December 9, 1960. Registered in
Pakistan as AP-ALM for Pakistan International Airlines
(PIA). Delivered to PIA on January 3, 1961. Registration
PH-FCB cancelled on January 13, 1961. On August 6, 1970,
AP-ALM took off from Rawalpindi for a 44-minute flight to
Lahore. About three minutes after take-off, the aircraft
exploded in mid-air at 2:17 AM in a thunderstorm, crashed
into the ground, left wing low at high speed and was
destroyed. Weather was bad at the time of the accident:
thunderstorms in heavy rainfall and gusty winds. All 4 crew
members including Capt. Anwarullah and 26 passengers died in this accident. Registration AP-ALM
removed from Pakistan Aircraft Register on December 28,
1970. |
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