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AP-BCP |
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Certificate of Registration Number: |
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590 |
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Registration Date: |
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1986 |
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Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) |
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Aircraft Type: |
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Airbus A300B4-203 |
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Construction Number: |
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025 |
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Year Built: |
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1976 |
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First Flight: |
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March 23, 1976 |
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Previous Registration: |
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D-AHLZ |
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Fate: |
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Crashed on September 28, 1992 |
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Additional Remarks: |
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Construction number 025. Built in 1976.
Registered in France as F-WNDA for pre-delivery test
flights. First flight March 23, 1976. Registered in Germany
as D-AMAZ. Delivered as Airbus A300B4-103 to Bavaria
Germanair, May 2, 1977. Converted to Airbus A300B4-203.
Leased out to EgyptAir, registered in Egypt as SU-AZY, May
10, 1977. Bavaria Germanair merged into Hapag-Lloyd.
Aircraft returned from EgyptAir lease to Hapag-Lloyd and
registered in Germany as D-AHLZ, November 1, 1982. Leased
out to Kuwait Airways, from July 1, 1983 to October 4, 1983.
Leased out to Capitol Air from June 16, 1984 to October
1984. Leased out to Air Jamaica from February 1985 to April
15, 1985. Leased out to Condor from May 1, 1985 to November
1985. Bought by PIA, April 21. 1986. Registered in Pakistan as
AP-BCP for PIA. On September 28, 1992, AP-BCP was operating
PIA flight PK-268 from Karachi to Kathmandu with 12 crew
members and 155 passengers. During landing approach, the
aircraft struck a hill. All 167 people aboard the aircraft
died in this accident. Registration AP-BCP removed from Pakistan
Aircraft Register on unknown date. |
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Photo: |
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Airbus
A300B4-203
(Abbas Ali
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Airbus A300B4-203 (registration AP-BCP) |
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