AP-AWV - All Pakistan Aircraft Registration Marks

Registration:

AP-AWV

Certificate of Registration Number:

444

Registration Date:

June 1971

Operator/Owner:

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)

Aircraft Type:

Boeing 707-373C

Construction Number:

19441

Line Number:

548

Year Built:

1966

SelCal Code:

First Flight:

December 20, 1966

Test Flight Registration:

Delivery Date:

Aircraft Name:

Previous Registration:

N371WA

Previous Operator:

World Airways

Fate:

Gifted to Bangladesh in 1976

Next Registration:

S2-ABQ

Next Operator:

Biman Bangladesh Airlines

Additional Remarks:

Construction number 19441. First flight December 20, 1966. Registered in United States of America (USA) as N371WA, December 23, 1966. Delivery December 22, 1966. Operated by World Airways. Registered in Pakistan as AP-AWV for PIA, June 30, 1971. Registration N371WA cancelled on July 1, 1971. AP-AWV survived an act of terrorism when a bomb placed under aircraft's passenger seat exploded at Islamabad Airport on July 5, 1975. The explosion ripped a hole in AP-AWV fuselage. Luckily at the time incident the Boeing 707 was on ground after completing flight from Karachi and there were no human casualties in this incident. Aircraft gifted to Bangladesh in 1976. Registration AP-AWV removed from Pakistan Aircraft Register on November 8, 1976. Registered in Bangladesh as S2-ABQ. Operated by Biman Bangladesh Airlines. Aircraft named 'City of Bayezed Bostami'. On April 3, 1980, S2-ABQ was operating Biman flight from Singapore to Dhaka. During take-off, after gaining some height, the aircraft came down and struck the runway and slid for 2000 feet. All 9 crew members and 65 passengers survived the accident. Aircraft S2-ABQ damaged beyond repair. Aircraft offered for sale by Omni International Jet Trading only for spares, broken up by April 23, 1981.

Photo:

Boeing 707-373C

Boeing 707-373C (Abbas Ali Collection)

Boeing 707-373C (registration AP-AWV)