Date: | Wednesday 18 January 1984 |
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Type: | Boeing 747 |
Owner/operator: | Air France |
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Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 261 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
Category: | OT |
Location: | 113 km W of Karachi -
Pakistan
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Karachi International Airport (KHI/OPKC) |
Destination airport: | Dhahran International Airport (DHA/OEDR) |
Narrative:An in-flight explosion after leaving Karachi blew a 2 m x 2 m hole in the right rear cargo hold no.4 and caused a loss of cabin pressure. An emergency descent to 5000 feet was made and the aircraft returned to Karachi.
Flight 171 originated in Manila, Philippines and was heading for Paris, France with en route stops at Bangkok, Thailand, Karachi, Pakistan and Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
Sources:
Aircraft hijackings and other criminal acts against civil aviation : statistical and narrative reports / FAA
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