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AP-AJS |
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Certificate of Registration Number: |
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221 |
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Registration Date: |
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May 1957 |
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Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) |
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Douglas C-47A-10-DK Skytrain |
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Construction Number: |
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12501 |
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1944 |
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AP-AAI |
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Fate: |
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Crashed July 1, 1957 |
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Construction number 12501. United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), serial number
42-92674, delivery February 11, 1944. To Royal Air
Force (RAF) as Dakota III, serial KG466, Montreal, February 29, 1944. TOC N Am March 14,
1944. Mediterranean Allied Air Forces (MAAF) September 28,
1944. Air Command South East Asia (ACSEA) May 30, 1946.
To Government of India, January 30, 1947. Registered in India as
VT-CJT for Orient Airways in March 1947. Registration VT-CPI
in 1947 not taken up by Orient Airways. Registration VT-CPI
not taken up by Orient Airways. Initially VT-CP*
registration series starting from registration VT-CPA from
India's civil aircraft register was reserved for aircraft to
be registered in then newly independent Pakistan. However
registrations in Indian series VT-CP* were not taken up by
aircraft to be registered in Pakistan and eventually
registration of those aircraft began in Pakistan with
Pakistan's own aircraft registration nationality mark. Registered in
Pakistan as AP-AAI on October 1, 1947 for Orient Airways.
Transferred to Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on
April 1, 1955. Flown by PIA with designation Douglas DC-3
Dakota. Registration AP-AAI removed from Pakistan Aircraft
Register. Aircraft re-registered as AP-AJS on May 12, 1957
apparently due to in aircraft's registration AP-AAI,
letter/alphabet 'I' = 'India' in international Radio
Telephony (RT) communication. Because of poor diplomatic
relations between Pakistan and India at that time. Pakistani
aircraft registrations containing letter/alphabet 'I' were
re-registered and new registration issued to these aircraft
did not include letter/alphabet 'I'. AP-AJS crashed on tidal
flats in Bay of Bengal on July 1, 1957, off Lakhi Char Island,
East Pakistan. Was flying from Chittagong to Dacca with 4
crew members and 20 passengers onboard. All 4 crew members
and 20 passengers died in this accident. Registration AP-AJS
removed from Pakistan Aircraft Register on September 23, 1957. |
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