- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | February 20, 2003 |
Time: | 0852 |
Location: | Near Kohat, Pakistan |
Operator: | Military - Pakistan Air Force |
Flight #: | - |
Route: | Islamabad - Kohat |
AC Type: | Fokker F-27 Friendship 200 |
Registration: | 10254 |
cn / ln: | 10254 |
Aboard: | 17 (passengers:9 crew:8) |
Fatalities: | 17 (passengers:9 crew:8) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The plane crashed into a mountainside in a remote region near the town of Kohat, about 250 kilometers northwest of Islamabad. Among those killed was Air Force chief Mushaf Ali Mir. Pilot error. Pilot's premature descent below minima which resulted in the aircraft hitting a cloud covered ridge at 3,000 feet above sea level. |
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