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Thursday, May 7, 2009

LOST AIRLINES


The aircraft was operating early morning flight from Gilgit to Islamabad. The wreckage of this unlucky Fokker was never found. AP-BBF was carrying a total of 54 people including 5 crew members and 49 passengers. Flight crew included Capt. Ahsan Aftab Bilgrami and Capt. Sohail Zubair - Crew names provided by Umar AnisPIA's AP-BCP photographed by Guido Rome-Fiumicino Airport, Italy in March 1992. Few months later on September 28, 1992, AP-BCP's flying career came to an end on the 'Fan Marker Hill' 9nm south of Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport, Nepal. The A300 struck hill during final approach to Kathmandu Airport. All 167 people aboard the aircraft died in this accidentOn November 26, 1979, AP-AWZ experienced in-flight cabin fire shortly after take off from Jeddah for a flight to Karachi. After sending mayday call, crew of this ill fated Boeing 707 began taking steps for emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. Rapid extension of fire through cabin caused panic among passengers. Soon fire and smoke entered the cockpit, eventually incapacitating flight crew. Nine years old AP-AWZ crashed into rocky mountains near the Saudi city of Taif and burst into flames killing all 156 people on board.

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