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Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I in Sonmiani

Date & Time: Apr 16, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
L8534
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Location:
Sonmiani
Baluchestan (بلوچستان)
Country:
Pakistan
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
While flying at low height in limited visibility (low clouds), the airplane impacted the ground and crash landed near Sonmiani. There were no casualties.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I in Lahore

Date & Time: Nov 30, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
L4916
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Lahore - Lahore
MSN:
8931
YOM:
1939
Location:
Lahore
Punjab (پنجاب)
Country:
Pakistan
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
On final approach to Lahore Airport, the bomber stalled and crashed. All three crew members were injured.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I in Lahore

Date & Time: Nov 16, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
L8380
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Lahore - Lahore
Location:
Lahore
Punjab (پنجاب)
Country:
Pakistan
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Damaged beyond repair in a landing accident near Lahore Airport. All three crew members evacuated safely.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I at RAF Drigh Road

Date & Time: Apr 24, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
L6629
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Drigh Road - Drigh Road
Location:
Faisal AFB (Mehran NAS) (ex RAF Drigh Road) (Karachi)
Sindh (سنڌ سندھ)
Country:
Pakistan
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The pilot was completing a local training mission at RAF Drigh Road. Upon landing, the undercarriage failed. The aircraft went out of control and crashed upside down. The pilot was uninjured and the aircraft was destroyed.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.84 Dragon I near Lahore: 2 killed

Date & Time: Aug 26, 1939
Type of aircraft:
De Havilland DH.84 Dragon
Operator:
Registration:
VT-AEL
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Postal (mail)
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Calcutta – Lahore
MSN:
6048
YOM:
1933
Location:
Lahore
Punjab (پنجاب)
Country:
Pakistan
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
While performing a mail flight from Calcutta-Dum Dum Airport, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances some 60 km from Lahore. The passenger and the pilot were killed.

Crash of a Percival P.3 Gull Six near Karachi: 1 killed

Date & Time: Feb 23, 1939
Type of aircraft:
Percival D.3 Gull Six
Operator:
Registration:
VT-AJD
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Positioning
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Karachi - Lahore
MSN:
K.72
YOM:
1937
Location:
Karachi
Sindh (سنڌ سندھ)
Country:
Pakistan
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
Few minutes after take off from Karachi Airport, while on a positioning flight to Lahore, the single engine aircraft collided with a Beechcraft E17B Staggerwing also operated by Indian National Airways. Registered VT-AKJ, this second aircraft was carrying a pilot who was approaching Karachi to land at Mauripur Airport. Following the collision, both aircraft dove into the ground and crashed in a field located some 50 km north of Karachi. While the pilot of the Percival, B. D. Sharma, was killed, the pilot of the Beechcraft survived.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.83 Fox Moth in Lahore

Date & Time: Feb 19, 1937
Type of aircraft:
De Havilland DH.83 Fox Moth
Operator:
Registration:
VT-AFB
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
MSN:
4086
YOM:
1934
Location:
Lahore
Punjab (پنجاب)
Country:
Pakistan
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed on takeoff for unknown reasons. All four occupants were injured and the aircraft was destroyed.

Crash of a Caudron C.445 Goéland in Karachi

Date & Time: Oct 26, 1936
Type of aircraft:
Caudron C.440 Goéland
Operator:
Registration:
F-AOMS
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Postal (mail)
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Paris – Saigon
MSN:
7268.5
YOM:
0
Location:
Karachi
Sindh (سنڌ سندھ)
Country:
Pakistan
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed on landing in unknown circumstances. All three crewmen were unhurt while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Farman F.303 in Somiani

Date & Time: Sep 30, 1931
Type of aircraft:
Farman F.303
Operator:
Registration:
F-AJVR
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Paris – Marseille – Algiers – Tunis – Benghazi – Tripoli – Cairo – Basra – Gwadar – Karachi – Agra – Allahabad – Calcutta – Akyab – Yangon – Saigon
MSN:
3/7214
YOM:
1931
Location:
Sonmiani
Baluchestan (بلوچستان)
Country:
Pakistan
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
En route to Karachi, while flying near Somiani, one of the engine caught fire. The crew attempted an emergency landing when the crashed. All four occupants were slightly injured.
Probable cause:
Engine fire in-flight.

Crash of a Polikarpov R-1 in Parachinar

Date & Time: May 13, 1928
Type of aircraft:
Polikarpov R-1
Operator:
Government of Afghanistan
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Delivery
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Tashkent - Kabul
Location:
Parachinar
Federally Administered Tribal Areas (وفاقی قبائلی علاقہ جات)
Country:
Pakistan
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
En route from Tashkent to Kabul, the crew got lost and attempted an emergency landing when the airplane crashed near Parachinar, bursting into flames. Both occupants were rescued and the aircraft was destroyed. The Russian crew was supposed to deliver the airplane to the Afghan Government in Kabul.
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