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Boeing 720-040B, PIA "Pakistan International Airlines", registration no. (1962): AP-AMJ. The picture is taken from the Airport's roof observation deck - Dacca, 1962-68.

This could be the connecting flight to Karachi for the inaugural flight Karachi- London PK-705 (reg. AP-AMH) which crashed in Cairo (1965).

Photo - Georges Diotte

 

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PIA Boeing 747 with airline's Ispahani wide-body aircraft maintenance hangar at Karachi Airport.

Hangar foundation stone was laid on September 20, 1977. The construction work was completed in 45 months and the hangar was inaugurated on June 27, 1981.

 

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1977 photo of PIA McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 painted in airline's livery after completion of its maintenance checks performed by Swissair in Zurich.

 

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PIA de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter short takeoff and landing (STOL) capable aircraft ideal for short hops and shorter runways.

 

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PIA Vickers Viscount at Rawalpindi Airport.

 

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A spare engine transported under the wing by a PIA Cargo Boeing 707 registered in UK as G-BFLE acquired on wet lease from British Midland in

 

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1959

 

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