AP-BBF - All Pakistan Aircraft Registration Marks

Registration:

AP-BBF

Certificate of Registration Number:

555

Registration Date:

1981

Operator/Owner:

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)

Aircraft Type:

Fokker F27 Friendship Mark 200

Construction Number:

10207

Line Number:

Year Built:

1962

SelCal Code:

First Flight:

July 31, 1962

Test Flight Registration:

Delivery Date:

Aircraft Name:

Previous Registration:

PH-FDW

Previous Operator:

Fate:

Crashed on August 25, 1989

Next Registration:

Next Operator:

Additional Remarks:

Construction number 10207. Built in 1962. Registered in the Netherlands as PH-FDW, N.V. Koninklijke Nederlandse Vliegtuigenfabriek (KNV) Fokker, July 27, 1962. First flight on July 31, 1962. Registered in Portugal as CR-LEO and operated by DTA (Divisão de Transportes Aéreos de Angola - DTA - Linhas Aéreas de Angola), August 23, 1962. Registration PH-FDW cancelled on September 4, 1962. On October 1, 1973, the name of airline DTA changed to TAAG - Linhas Aéreas de Angola (TAAG - Transportes Aéreos Angolanos), TAAG - Angola Airlines. Registered in Angola as D2-LEO, January 1974, TAAG - Angola Airlines. Aircraft registered in Angola as D2-TEO, July 1976, TAAG - Angola Airlines. Registered in the Netherlands as PH-FDW, N.V. Koninklijke Nederlandse Vliegtuigenfabriek (KNV) Fokker, November 28, 1980. Registration PH-FDW cancelled on August 27, 1981. To PIA, August 28, 1981. Registered in Pakistan as AP-BBF for PIA. On August 25, 1989, AP-BBF was operating PIA flight from Gilgit to Islamabad. The F27 took off from Gilgit at 07.36h and crashed in the Himalayan mountains. All 5 crew members and 49 passengers died in this accident. The aircraft's wreckage was never found. Registration AP-BBF removed from Pakistan Aircraft Register on unknown date.

Photo:

PIA Fokker F27 Friendship Mk 200

Fokker F27 Friendship Mark 200 (Abbas Ali Collection)

Fokker F27 Friendship Mark 200 (registration AP-BBF)