Pak Airways
Encyclopedia
Pakistan Airways also known as Pak Air or Pak Airways, was one of two main airlines of Pakistan
in the initial years after 1947. Founded in 1948, it was headquartered in the capital
, Karachi
.
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
in the initial years after 1947. Founded in 1948, it was headquartered in the capital
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, Karachi
Karachi
Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...
.
Accidents
The airline was involved in four air crashes:- 10 May 1948 at BasraBasraBasra is the capital of Basra Governorate, in southern Iraq near Kuwait and Iran. It had an estimated population of two million as of 2009...
, IraqIraqIraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
. No fatalities. - 26 November 1948: First air crash of a Pakistani airline in the country, near VehariVehariVehari is a city in the Punjab province in Pakistan. The city, which is the capital of the district and tehsil of the same name, is located at 30°1'0N 72°21'0E at an altitude of 135m , lies about from the regional metropolis of Multan and about north of the river Sutlej - the southernmost of...
, Punjab in which 21 people, 5 crew and 16 passengers were killed. Aircraft: DouglasDouglas Aircraft CompanyThe Douglas Aircraft Company was an American aerospace manufacturer, based in Long Beach, California. It was founded in 1921 by Donald Wills Douglas, Sr. and later merged with McDonnell Aircraft in 1967 to form McDonnell Douglas...
C-47A-15-DK Registration: AP-ACE. Cause: believed to be technical error. - 12 December 1949 at Karachi. 26 fatalities. Aircraft: Douglas. Registration: AP-ADI