Date:	Friday 25 August 1989
Time:	07:45
Type:	Fokker F-27 Friendship 200
Owner/operator:	Pakistan International Airlines - PIA
Registration:	AP-BBF
MSN:	10207
Year of manufacture:	1962
Total airframe hrs:	44524 hours
Cycles:	41685 flights
Engine model:	Rolls-Royce Dart 532-7E
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 54 / Occupants: 54
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Aircraft missing, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Himalaya Mountains -   Pakistan
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Gilgit Airport (GIL/OPGT)
Destination airport:	Islamabad International Airport (ISB/OPRN)
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
PIA flight 404, a Fokker F-27 Friendship, went missing during a flight over the Himalaya Mountains, Pakistan, with 54 on board.

Flight PK404, a Fokker F-27 Friendship, departed Gilgit (GIL) at 07:36 on a domestic passenger service to Islamabad (ISB), Pakistan. There were 49 passengers and five crew members on board.
At 07:40 the crew radioed that they expected over point Bravo at 07:59 and at Islamabad at 08:32. This was the last transmission received from the crew.
The flight was declared missing. It is presumed that the aircraft crashed, killing all aboard.

Airnieuws 301 (p. 17)
Friendship forever nr.6
ICAO Adrep Summary 4/89 (#14)

photo (c) collection Arno Janssen; Karachi International Airport (KHI); December 1984

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
15-Apr-2025 10:59	ASN	Updated [Narrative, ]