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PIA Airbus A300B4-203

Airbus A300B4-203  (Abbas Ali Collection)

Tail section of crashed PIA Airbus A300 aircraft registration AP-BCP resting on the side of a mountain some 9 nautical miles south of Kathmandu Airport, Nepal. On September 28, 1992, AP-BCP was performing PIA flight PK268 from Karachi to Kathmandu with 12 crew members and 155 passengers onboard. During landing approach to Kathmandu Airport, the aircraft struck a hill. All 167 people aboard the aircraft died in this accident.

The A300 smashed into the rocky face of the mountain, the last ridge before the clear and easy approach over rice paddies to Kathmandu Airport, only seven miles away. Most of the aircraft fuselage disintegrated on impact and the tail section slid down the mountainside


PIA Airbus A300B4-203

Airbus A300B4-203  (Abbas Ali Collection)

Tail section of crashed PIA Airbus A300 aircraft registration AP-BCP resting on the side of a mountain some 9 nautical miles south of Kathmandu Airport, Nepal. On September 28, 1992, AP-BCP was performing PIA flight PK268 from Karachi to Kathmandu with 12 crew members and 155 passengers onboard. During landing approach to Kathmandu Airport, the aircraft struck a hill. All 167 people aboard the aircraft died in this accident



PIA Boeing 720-040B

Boeing 720-040B  (Abbas Ali Collection)

Wreckage of PIA Boeing 720B aircraft registration AP-AMH on desert some 10 miles from Cairo Airport in Egypt. On May 20, 1965, AP-AMH was performing PIA flight PK705 from Karachi to Cairo via Dhahran with 125 passengers and 13 crew members onboard. The aircraft crashed during final approach to Cairo Airport. Only six passengers survived the accident


PIA Boeing 720-040B

Boeing 720-040B  (Abbas Ali Collection)

Wreckage of PIA Boeing 720B aircraft registration AP-AMH on desert some 10 miles from Cairo Airport in Egypt. On May 20, 1965, AP-AMH was performing PIA flight PK705 from Karachi to Cairo via Dhahran with 125 passengers and 13 crew members onboard. The aircraft crashed during final approach to Cairo Airport. Only six passengers survived the accident




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