Accident description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 12 DEC 1971 |
| Type: | Fokker F-27 Friendship 200 |
| Operator: | Pakistan International Airlines - PIA |
| Registration: | AP-ALX |
| C/n / msn: | 10188 |
| First flight: | 1961 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 22287 |
| Cycles: | 26177 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Iranian border (Pakistan) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Karachi International Airport (KHI/OPKC), Pakistan |
| Zahedan Airport (ZAH/OIZH), Iran |
Crashed.
Sources:
» Willem Wendt
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Karachi International Airport to Zahedan Airport as the crow flies is 795 km (497 miles).
Distance from Karachi International Airport to Zahedan Airport as the crow flies is 795 km (497 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
