AP-BLD - All Pakistan Aircraft Registration Marks

Registration:

AP-BLD

Certificate of Registration Number:

Registration Date:

Operator/Owner:

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)

Aircraft Type:

Airbus A320-214

Construction Number:

2274

Line Number:

Year Built:

2004

SelCal Code:

EF-CQ

First Flight:

August 17, 2004

Test Flight Registration:

Delivery Date:

Aircraft Name:

Previous Registration:

B-6017

Previous Operator:

China Eastern Airlines

Fate:

Crashed May 22, 2020

Next Registration:

Next Operator:

Additional Remarks:

Construction number 2274. Registered in France as F-WWIJ for pre-delivery test flights. First flight on August 17, 2004. Registered in People's Republic of China as B-6017 and delivered to China Eastern Airlines on September 16, 2004. Acquired by PIA from GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) on dry lease for six years. Registered in Pakistan as AP-BLD for PIA. Delivery flight PK-1786 from Shanghai to Islamabad via Dhaka, October 30, 2014. On May 22, 2020, AP-BLD performing Lahore to Karachi flight PK8303 during landing crashed in Model Colony near Jinnah International Airport - Karachi. Eighty-nine passengers, two cockpit crew and six cabin crew died in the crash. Two passengers survived the crash.

Photo:

Airbus A320-214

Airbus A320-214 (Abbas Ali Collection)

Airbus A320-214 (registration AP-BLD)