May 20, 1965: A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Boeing 707 crashes on its inaugural flight while attempting to land at Cairo airport. The crash killed 124 people.
August 6, 1970: A PIA Fokker F27 turboprop aircraft crashes while attempting to take off from Islamabad in a thunderstorm, killing all 30 people onboard.
December 8, 1972: A PIA Fokker F27 crashes in Rawalpindi. All 26 people onboard are killed in the crash.
November 26, 1979: A PIA Boeing 707 bringing home Haj pilgrims from Saudi Arabia crashes shortly after taking off from Jeddah airport. The crash killed 156 people.
October 23, 1986: A PIA Fokker F27 crashes while landing in Peshawar. Thirteen of the 54 people on board were killed in the incident.
August 17, 1988: A US-made Hercules C-130 military aircraft crashes near Bahawalpur, killing the then president General Muhammad Ziaul Haq and 30 others. Senior Pakistan military officials and the US ambassador to Pakistan were also among the dead.
August 25, 1989: A PIA Fokker carrying 54 people disappears after leaving Gilgit. The wreckage is never found.
September 28, 1992: A PIA Airbus A300 crashes into a cloud-covered hillside on approach to the Nepalese capital Kathmandu after the plane made a steep descent. The crash killed 167 people.
February 19, 2003: A Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Fokker F27 crashes in fog-shrouded mountains near Kohat, killing air force chief Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali. His wife and 15 other people were also killed.
February 24, 2003: A chartered Cessna 402-B carrying Afghan Mines and Industries Minister Juma Mohammad Mohammadi, four Afghan officials, a Chinese mining executive and two Pakistani crew crashes into the Arabian Sea near Karachi. All aboard were killed in the crash.
July 10, 2006: A PIA Fokker F27 bound for Lahore crashes into a field and bursts into flames shortly after takeoff from Multan. Forty-one passengers and four crew members were killed in the incident. afp