Pakistan International Airlines Flight 404

Pakistan International Airlines Flight 404

A PIA F27 similar to the accident aircraft
Incident
Date	25 August 1989 (1989-08-25)
Summary	Missing
Site	Himalaya Mountains, Pakistan (presumed) 35°14′12.87″N 74°35′24.22″E
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Fokker F27 Friendship
Operator	Pakistan International Airlines
Registration	AP-BBF
Flight origin	Gilgit Airport (GIL/OPGT), Pakistan
Destination	Islamabad International Airport (ISB/OPRN), Pakistan
Passengers	49
Crew	5
Fatalities	54 (all; presumed)
Missing	54 (all)
Survivors	0 (presumed)

Pakistan International Airlines Flight 404 was a Fokker F27 Friendship that disappeared shortly after takeoff on 25 August 1989. At 07:36, a domestic scheduled passenger flight of Pakistan International Airlines took off from the northern city of Gilgit, Pakistan on its way to the national capital Islamabad. One of the pilots of the aircraft made a routine radio call at 07:40; this was the last communication with the aircraft. The aircraft is thought to have crashed in the Himalayas, but the wreckage has never been found.

Aircraft

The aircraft was a Fokker F27-200 Friendship turboprop airliner, c/n 10207, built in 1962. It had accumulated approximately 44,524 hours of flying time; and 41,524 cycles (the number of times the aircraft had been pressurized) at the time of the accident.

Search operation

After the disappearance, several aerial search missions were launched by the Pakistani military during the first three or four days. Later land search parties were organized, comprising civilian and armed forces personnel, to search the area around the 8,000-metre-high (26,000 ft) mountain Nanga Parbat.

See also

• List of missing aircraft