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AP-AJS Registration Details

 
Registration:   AP-AJS
     
Certificate of Registration Number:   221
     
Registration Date:   May 1957
     
Operator/Owner:   Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)
     
Aircraft Type:   Douglas C-47A-10-DK Skytrain
     
Construction Number:   12501
     
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Year Built:   1944
     
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Previous Registration:   AP-AAI
     
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Fate:   Crashed July 1, 1957
     
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Additional Remarks:   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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