# Pak Airways

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Airline from Pakistan, 1948–1949

**Pakistan Airways** also known as "**Pak Air**" or "**Pak Airways**", was an airline from [Pakistan](/source/Pakistan)[1] with its headquarters in [Islamabad](/source/Islamabad). The company was founded in 1948 and ceased operations in 1949 following a series of air accidents.[2]

## Accidents

The airline was involved in four air crashes:[1]

- 9 May 1948 at [Basra](/source/Basra), Iraq. No fatalities.[1]

- 10 May 1948 at [Basra](/source/Basra), Iraq. No fatalities.[1]

- 26 November 1948: First air crash of a Pakistani airline in the country, near [Vehari](/source/Vehari), [Punjab](/source/Punjab%2C_Pakistan) in which 21 people,[3] 5 crew and 16 passengers were killed.[2] Aircraft: [Douglas](/source/Douglas_Aircraft_Company) C-47A-15-DK[2] Registration: AP-ACE. Cause: believed to be technical error.[4]

- 12 December 1949 at Karachi. 26 fatalities. Aircraft: Douglas. Registration: AP-ADI[1]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-baaa_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-baaa_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-baaa_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-baaa_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-baaa_1-4) [Pak Air](http://www.baaa-acro.com/Compagnies%20P/PakAir.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110927071819/http://www.baaa-acro.com/Compagnies%20P/PakAir.htm) 27 September 2011 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) Retrieved 3 November 2010.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-aviation_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-aviation_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-aviation_2-2) [Accident Description](http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19481126-0) Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 3 November 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [1947–1958 Birth and Turmoil](http://www.pakistanpaedia.com/hist/pak_years/pak_hist1.htm) Pakistan Paedia. Retrieved 3 November 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Little hope air crash probe report will be made public](https://web.archive.org/web/20120314081855/http://news.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/front-page/little-hope-air-crash-probe-report-will-be-made-public-280) Dawn 2 August 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2010.

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