36 air crashes in short history of Pakistan (Part one)

Bhoja Airlines’ plane crash in which 118 passengers and nine crew members lost their lives was the 36^th incident of passenger planes crashes in Pakistan. At least 705 were dead in the previous 35 jet crashing incidents in the last 64 years.

Air flight B-4 213 crashed about 4 nautical miles (roughly 8 kilometers) from Islamabad’s runway 30. The plane crashed near Hussainabad in the vicinity of land belonging to Bahria Town, located towards east of Chaklala Airport.

According to the experts, the aircraft should have been 3,900 feet at 9 nautical miles on an ILS approach for Runway 30. At 4 NM – where the aircraft crashed, this aircraft should have been between 1,500 and 1,800 feet. The aircraft that went down was a Boeing 737-200, amongst the first generation of aircraft of the Boeing 737 series.

The first test flight of this class of aircraft was conducted on August 8, 1967 and the first aircraft with seating capacity of 100 was delivered to United Airlines in December 1967, while the advanced Boeing 737-200 with improved aerodynamics was produced in 1971. This series of Boeing 737-200 ceased production in 1988.

According to the world-record of airspace incidents, Pakistan’s major plane crash occurred on July 28, 2010 at Margala Hills in which all 152 onboard passengers were killed.

Following is a chronology of major air crashes in Pakistan or involving Pakistani planes:

A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Boeing 707 crashed on its inaugural flight while attempting to land at Cairo airport, killing 124 people, on May 20, 1965.

A PIA Fokker F27 turboprop aircraft crashed while attempting to take off from Islamabad in a thunderstorm, killing all 30 people on board on August 6, 1970.

A PIA Fokker F27 crashes in Rawalpindi, near Islamabad in which all 26 people on board are killed on December 8, 1972.

A PIA Boeing 707 bringing home Pakistani Hajj pilgrims from Saudi Arabia crashes shortly after take-off from Jeddah airport, killing 156 people on November 26, 1979.

A PIA Fokker F27 crashes while coming in to land in Peshawar, killing 13 of the 54 people on board on October 23, 1986.

To be continued…

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