Accident
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Statuts: | |
| Date: | 17 AOU 1988 |
| Type/Sous-type: | Lockheed C-130B Hercules |
| Compagnie: | Pakistan Air Force |
| Immatriculation: | 23494 |
| Numéro de série: | 3708 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1962 |
| Moteurs: | 4 Allison T56-A-7 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 13 / à bord: 13 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 17 / à bord: 17 |
| Total: | victimes: 30 / à bord: 30 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | 7 km (4.4 milles) N of Bahawalpur Airport (BHV) (Pakistan)
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| Phase de vol: | En montée initiale (ICL) |
| Nature: | Affaires Militaires |
| Aéroport de départ: | Bahawalpur Airport (BHV/OPBW), Pakistan |
| Islamabad International Airport (ISB/OPRN), Pakistan |
Pakistani president General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq had witnessed a tank inspection at Bahawalpur. The president and his entourage, which consisted a.o. of several senior army generals and the American Ambassador to Pakistan, were returning to Islamabad in a C-130 Hercules.
The airplane crashed shortly after takeoff and caught fire. All aboard were killed.
Many theories indicated that the the accident was caused by sabotage. In 2008 newspaper The Times reported that, back in 1988, an analysis by a US lab found "extensive contamination" by brass and aluminium particles in the elevator booster package. This may have caused sluggish controls leading to overcontrol. This in turn may have led to the pilots losing control at low altitude soon after takeoff.
Sources:
» As Pakistan comes full circle, a light is shone on Zia ul-Haq's death (The Times, 16-8-2008)
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposé destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Bahawalpur Airport et Islamabad International Airport est de 489 km (306 miles).
La distance entre Bahawalpur Airport et Islamabad International Airport est de 489 km (306 miles).
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tels qui sont connus à ce jour.
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