Pakistan Airways also known as "Pak Air" or "Pak Airways", was an airline from

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

Pak Air
Retrieved 3 November 2010. with its headquarters in

Karachi Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former cap ...

. The company was founded in 1948 and ceased again in 1949, following a series of air accidents.

Accidents

The airline was involved in four air crashes: * 10 May 1948 at

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, Iraq. No fatalities. * 26 November 1948: First air crash of a Pakistani airline in the country, near

Vehari Vehari also spelled Vihari (), is a city and the headquarters of Vehari District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is Pakistan's 62nd largest city. Vehari is about from the historical city of Multan. Vehari is located at the Multan-Delhi ...

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...

in which 21 people, 5 crew and 16 passengers were died.Accident Description
Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 3 November 2010. Aircraft:

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C-47A-15-DK Registration: AP-ACE. Cause: believed to be technical error.Little hope air crash probe report will be made public
Dawn 2 August 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2010. * 12 December 1949 at Karachi. 26 fatalities. Aircraft: Douglas. Registration: AP-ADI

References

{{Airlines of Pakistan Defunct airlines of Pakistan Airlines established in 1948 Airlines disestablished in 1949 1949 disestablishments in Pakistan Pakistani companies established in 1948