Accident | |
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Date | 26 November 1979 |
Summary | In-flight fire of unknown origin |
Site | Near Taif, Mecca Province, Saudi Arabia |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Boeing 707-340C |
Operator | Pakistan International Airlines |
IATA flight No. | PK740 |
ICAO flight No. | PIA740 |
Call sign | Pakistan 740 |
Registration | AP-AWZ |
Flight origin | Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, Nigeria |
Stopover | Kandara Airport, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
Destination | Jinnah International Airport, Karachi, Pakistan |
Occupants | 156 |
Passengers | 145 |
Crew | 11 |
Fatalities | 156 |
Survivors | 0 |
Pakistan International Airlines Flight 740 was a Hajj pilgrimage flight from Kano, Nigeria to Karachi, Pakistan with an intermediate stopover in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Operated by Pakistan International Airlines, on 26 November 1979, the Boeing 707-340C serving the route crashed shortly after takeoff from Jeddah International Airport. All 156 people on board were killed.