ISLAMABAD: A passenger plane with more than 100 people on board crashed while trying to land in bad weather near Islamabad on Friday, officials said.
Following is a chronology of major air crashes in Pakistan or involving Pakistani planes:
May 20, 1965: A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Boeing 707 crashes on its inaugural flight while attempting to land at Cairo airport, killing 124 people.
August 6, 1970: A PIA Fokker F27 turboprop aircraft crashes while attempting to take off from Islamabad in a thunderstorm, killing all 30 people on board.
December 8, 1972: A PIA Fokker F27 crashes in Rawalpindi, near Islamabad. All 26 people on board are killed.
November 26, 1979: A PIA Boeing 707 bringing home Pakistani Hajj pilgrims from Saudi Arabia crashes shortly after take-off from Jeddah airport, killing 156 people.
October 23, 1986: A PIA Fokker F27 crashes while coming in to land in Peshawar, killing 13 of the 54 people on board.
August 17, 1988: A US-made Hercules C-130 military aircraft crashes near Bahawalpur, killing military ruler General Mohammad Ziaul Haq and 30 others including Pakistani generals and the US ambassador.
August 25, 1989: A PIA Fokker carrying 54 people disappears after leaving Gilgit in northern Pakistan. The wreckage is never found.
September 28, 1992: A PIA Airbus A300 crashes into a cloud-covered hillside on approach to the Nepalese capital Kathmandu after the plane descended too early, killing 167 people.
February 19, 2003: An air force Fokker F27 crashes in fog-shrouded mountains near Kohat, killing air force chief Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali, his wife and 15 others.
February 24, 2003: A chartered Cessna 402-B carrying Afghan Mines and Industries Minister Juma Mohammad Mohammadi, four Afghan officials, a Chinese mining executive and two Pakistani crew crashes into the Arabian Sea near the southern city of Karachi.
July 10, 2006: A PIA Fokker F27 bound for Lahore crashes into a field and bursts into flames shortly after takeoff from Multan, killing 41 passengers and four crew.
July 28, 2010: An Airblue Airbus 321 operated by the private airline Airblue flying from Karachi crashes into hills outside Islamabad while preparing to land, killing all 152 people on board.
November 5, 2010: A twin-engine plane operated by Pakistani charter JS Air carrying staff from an Italian oil company crashes shortly after take-off in Karachi, killing all 21 people on board.
November 28, 2010: At least 12 people are killed when a Russian-made Ilyushin IL-76 cargo plane operated by Georgian airline Sunway crashes in a fireball seconds after taking off from Karachi.
April 20, 2012: A Bhoja Air Airbus 737 from Karachi comes down in bad weather near Islamabad. Officials say up to 130 people are on board and police say there is 'no chance' of survivors.
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Pre-emptive measure must not be ignored.Unfortunately, in this country attention is paid only to post accident investigations and reports.Discussions and suggestions after an accident are useless.
@Zeta: Sure i know new airport will have it. But that's too late or procedure shall be established that RWY will be shut down under CAT II/III conditions. It is safety concern and shall not be overlooked. We can't afford another such incident for just the sake of new airport. And who knows when that airport is gonna be open or operational "This is Pakistan" you know.
@Mansoor Ishfaq: New airport under construction will have it
Being an airport expert, Islamabad airport really need to work on Instrument Lighting System (ILS) which is used under bad weather for the approach. Last time when I was landing in the airport, I noticed that even runway edge lights are broken. This airport not safe even in the good weather conditions (Category I). Somebody really need to look into it. I know we are building a new airport but safety shall be top priority. spend some money on the lightings. Also, CAA shall have very strict regulation about maintenance and pilots trainings.
And most of investigations of these crashes were phony in the past and they all protected our high ups in all of these investigations. Pakistan Air force and CAA still have not been able to even examine black boxes in Pakistan and now again Foreign investigators will be invited to do the investigation as we lack expertise besides our towering claims of world's best air force and equipment, equipment and everything. I am also pretty sure that overnight all evidence of wrong doing will be destroyed and whole blame as usual will be put on the pilot as in the previous investigations. Still No disaster management scenarios put in place and we are same as before. But This time we have one thing more and that is media and that is really confusing the the things up and jumping to conclusion to get some viewership. Every tragic incident in Pakistan show one thing and that is that our governance and everything needs overhauling and still we are far from a developed country and we dont have any intentions to progress as well.
May Allah place all the paople in paradise