Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 25 AUG 1989 |
| Time: | 07:45 |
| Type: | Fokker F-27 Friendship 200 |
| Operator: | Pakistan International Airlines - PIA |
| Registration: | AP-BBF |
| C/n / msn: | 10207 |
| First flight: | 1962 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 44524 |
| Cycles: | 41685 |
| Engines: | 2 Rolls Royce 532-7E Dart |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 49 / Occupants: 49 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 54 / Occupants: 54 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Bunji (Pakistan)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Gilgit Airport (GIL/OPGT), Pakistan |
| Islamabad International Airport (ISB/OPRN), Pakistan |
The F-27 took off from Gilgit at 07:36 and crashed in the Himalaya mountains.
Sources:
» Airnieuws 301 (p. 17)
» Friendship forever nr.6
» ICAO Adrep Summary 4/89 (#14)
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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 Gilgit Airport to Islamabad International Airport as the crow flies is 278 km (174 miles).
Distance from Gilgit Airport to Islamabad International Airport as the crow flies is 278 km (174 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.
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