Hijacking description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 02 MAR 1981 |
| Type: | Boeing 720-030B |
| Operator: | Pakistan International Airlines - PIA |
| Registration: | AP-AZP |
| C/n / msn: | 18250/263 |
| First flight: | 1962 |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 135 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 144 |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Kabul, Damascus (Syria) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Karachi International Airport (KHI/OPKC), Pakistan |
| Peshawar Airport (PEW/OPPS), Pakistan | |
| Flightnumber: | 326 |
Three hijackers demanded release of prisoners. Hijackers surrendered. Duration of the hijacking: 13 days.
Events:
Sources:
» History of PIA
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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 Peshawar Airport as the crow flies is 1088 km (680 miles).
Distance from Karachi International Airport to Peshawar Airport as the crow flies is 1088 km (680 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.
