Rawalpindi - Lahore

On August 6, 1970 at 07:17 AM, Rawalpindi - Lahore experienced a crash involving Fokker F27 Friendship, operated by Pakistan International Airlines - PIA, with the event recorded near Rawalpindi Punjab.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a plain, valley crash site.

30 people were known to be on board, 30 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 26, passenger fatalities: 26, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. Three minutes after its takeoff from Rawalpindi Airport, while climbing, the airplane went through a thunderstorm area. Due to heavy turbulences, the airplane went out of control, nosed down and eventually crashed in an open field located some 20 km southeast of Rawalpindi. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all 30 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration AP-ALM, MSN 10163, year of manufacture 1960.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 31.2873°, 75.7924°.