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AP-BKC |
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Certificate of Registration Number: |
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806 |
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Registration Date: |
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January 2012 |
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Operator/Owner: |
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Bhoja Air |
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Aircraft Type: |
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Boeing 737-236 Advanced |
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Construction Number: |
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23167 |
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Line Number: |
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1074 |
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Year Built: |
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1984 |
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First Flight: |
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December 13, 1984 |
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Previous Registration: |
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ZS-OLB |
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Previous Operator: |
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Comair Limited |
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Fate: |
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Crashed on April 20, 2012 |
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Additional Remarks: |
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Construction number 23167. Registered in
United Kingdom (UK) as G-BKYI. First flight on December 13, 1984. Delivered to
British Airways, January 7, 1985. Registered in South Africa
as ZS-OLB and
operated by Comair Limited, June 6, 1999. Aircraft
stored at Johannesburg Airport (JNB), South Africa, January
2011. Registered in Pakistan as AP-BKC for Bhoja Air,
January 2012. Aircraft arrived at Karachi Airport on January
25, 2012. On April 20, 2012, AP-BKC was operating Bhoja
Air flight B4-213 from Karachi to Islamabad when it crashed
into a residential area called Hussainabad, some 6
kilometers away from Islamabad Airport. All 127 people
aboard the aircraft, including 6 crew members, died in this accident. Weather was bad
with rain and lightning at the time of accident. The
aircraft crashed around 6:40PM local time. The ill-fated
aircraft was approaching Runway 30 of Islamabad Airport.
Registration AP-BKC removed from Pakistan Aircraft Register
on April 20, 2012. |
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