A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Fokker F-27 went down right after takeoff from Multan en route to Lahore and Islamabad. There were 41 passengers and 4 crew aboard, all apparently dead.
There doesn’t appear to be any foul play involved, as the local police “chief” has ruled out terrorism.
Most of the sites I visited for info were very limited on what they had, so anyone with a good link is welcome to post it.
Not that anyone’s life is less important than others, but as a red-blooded flag-waving American I wish for the following: If they DO come in threes, let’s just hope it’s another flight “over there,” and not stateside. I really hope that there isn’t a third one at all though.
It is a rule - not a law. Rules have exceptions.
Planes do tend to crash in threes just as celebrities tend to die in threes (also a rule - not a law).
I say that things happen in threes but ony in a joking way.
There may have already been a third accident - and a fourth, fifth, etc. There are many accidents during the year that are not reported except in local papers.
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ASN ACCIDENT DIGEST 2006-11
Status: Preliminary
Date: 10 JUL 2006
Time: 12:00
Type: Fokker F-27 Friendship 200
Operator: Pakistan International Airlines - PIA
Registration: AP-BAL
C/n / msn: 10243
First flight: 1964
Engines: 2 Rolls Royce 532-7 Dart
Crew: Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Passengers: Fatalities: 41 / Occupants: 41
Total: Fatalities: 45 / Occupants: 45
Airplane damage: Written off
Location: near Multan Airport (MUX) ( Pakistan )
Phase: Initial climb
Nature: Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport: Multan Airport (MUX / OPMT), Pakistan
Destination airport: Lahore Airport (LHE / OPLA), Pakistan
Flightnumber: 688
Narrative:
Shortly after takeoff the airplane reportedly suffered engine problems. It struck an electric power line before crashing in a field. The F-27 broke up and caught fire.
Sources:
‘No survivors’ in Pakistan crash (BBC,10-7-2006)
AIRCRAFT PROFILE FOKKER F-27
Last fatal hull-loss accident: 16 APR 2006 Transporte Areo Militar - TAM FAB-91, Guayaramern, Bolivia
1 fatality
Total number of F-27 hull-losses: 161 losses (148 accidents, 7 criminal occurrences, 4 other [ground damage/fire] and 2 unknown occurrences)
9th worst F-27 accident
Survival rate for all fatal F-27 accidents: on average 28,7% of all occupants survived fatal accidents
history of msn 10243
PH-FFI (24 JAN 1964 , first flight)
JA8624 All Nippon Airways (FEB 1964, delivered)
F-BUFE TAT (MAR 1973, bought)
AP-BAL PIA (JAN 1979, bought)
OPERATOR PROFILE PAKISTAN INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES - PIA
Pakistani national airline.
