AP-BEC - All Pakistan Aircraft Registration Marks

Registration:

AP-BEC

Certificate of Registration Number:

630

Registration Date:

September 8, 1991

Operator/Owner:

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)

Aircraft Type:

Airbus A310-308

Construction Number:

590

Line Number:

Year Built:

1991

SelCal Code:

AS-GP

First Flight:

June 3, 1991

Test Flight Registration:

F-WWCX

Delivery Date:

September 2, 1991

Aircraft Name:

Nowshera

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Additional Remarks:

Construction number 590. Built in 1991. Registered in France as F-WWCX for pre-delivery test flights. First flight June 3, 1991. Registered in Pakistan as AP-BEC for PIA. Delivered to PIA on September 2, 1991. In 1997, AP-BEC was named "City of Swat" to celebrate Pakistan's 50 years of independence. AP-BEC was named "Nowshera - Defenders of the Land" and received Frontier Province tail design as part of Pakistan province tails livery introduced by PIA in year 2006. On October 6, 2013, AP-BEC was performing PIA flight PK-213 from Karachi to Dubai when its engine number two caught fire. Aircraft was able to return safely to Karachi Airport. Stored at Karachi Airport.

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Airbus A310-308

Airbus A310-308 (Abbas Ali Collection)

Airbus A310-308 (registration AP-BEC)