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The aircraft involved was an Airbus A320-214, [23] built by Airbus Industrie in 2004, with registration AP-BLD and MSN 2274, and owned by GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS). [24] [8] The plane was powered by two CFM International CFM56-5B4/P engines, [25] [24] which were most recently installed in February and May 2019. [18]
Pakistan International Airlines Flight 740 was a Hajj pilgrimage flight from Kano, Nigeria to Karachi, Pakistan with an intermediate stopover in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.Operated by Pakistan International Airlines, on 26 November 1979, the Boeing 707-340C serving the route crashed shortly after takeoff from Jeddah International Airport.
PIA operates a two-month (pre- and post-) Hajj operation each year to and from Saudi Arabia. PIA transported over 100,000 intending pilgrims each year to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia until its fleet shrank to 25 aircraft in 2011–2012. Since then, the airline's Hajj quota was reduced to 60,000 to 70,000 pilgrims by the then government. Special ...
Several aircraft were damaged and written off, including a PIA Boeing 747-367, registered as AP-BFV. There were 36 fatalities, including the 10 attackers. On March 19, 2015, a 747-SP registered as 7O-YMN used by the president of Yemen, was damaged by gunfire from troops loyal to deposed president Ali Abdullah Saleh. Photos released a few months ...
7 October 1961 - A Derby Aviation C-47 crashes into Canigou mountainside en route to Perpignan, killing all 34 aboard. 3 June 1962 - Air France Flight 007, a chartered Boeing 707 crashes on takeoff from Orly due to a mechanical failure. 130 people die. 22 June 1962 - Air France Flight 117 crashes into a hill and explodes killing all 113 on board.
Disturbing new videos give the clearest view yet of the moment the American Airlines passenger plane and Army helicopter exploded into pieces — sending huge chunks of fiery debris crashing into ...
Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir open the European Figure Skating Championships today with a very emotional tribute to the victims of the plane crash in Washington D.C. last night (h/t ...
China Airlines Flight 006 was a daily non-stop international passenger flight from Taipei to Los Angeles International Airport.On February 19, 1985, the Boeing 747SP operating the flight was involved in an aircraft upset accident, following the failure of the No. 4 engine, while cruising at 41,000 ft (12,500 m).