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PIA Flight 740

Aviation accident
Event aviation_accident Q7119313

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
aviation accident
Country
Saudi Arabia[2]
Location
Ta'if, Hejaz[4][5]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 21.500°, 39.850°
Destination point
Jinnah International Airport[10]
Flight number
PK740[14]
Number of deaths
+156[7]
Number of injured
+0[8]
Number of survivors
+0[11]
Operator
Pakistan International Airlines[3]
Point in time
November 26, 1979[6]
Start point
Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport[9]
Vessel
Boeing 707[12]
Via
King Abdulaziz International Airport[13]
🏷️ Also known as
en PIA Flight 740 ar الخطوط الجوية الدولية الباكستانية الرحلة ٧٤٠ ar الخطوط الجوية الدولية الباكستانية الرحلة 740 de Pakistan-International-Airlines-Flug 740 es Vuelo 740 de Pakistan International Airlines es Vuelo 740 de PIA es PAKISTAN 740 es PIA740 es PK740 fr vol Pakistan International Airlines 740 id PIA Penerbangan 740 it Volo Pakistan International Airlines 740 ja パキスタン国際航空740便墜落事故 ko 파키스탄 국제항공 740편 충돌 사고 pl Katastrofa lotu PIA 740 ru Катастрофа Boeing 707 под Таифом tr Pakistan International Airlines'ın 740 sefer sayılı uçuşu zh 巴基斯坦國際航空740號班機空難
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Boeing 707-340C, Pakistan International Airlines - PIA AN0199430.jpg ↗
Aviation Safety Network accident ID
19791126-0
Freebase ID
/m/0c0qhp

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🔗 Connections
Location 2
Hejaz, Ta'if
Country 1
Saudi Arabia
Destination point 1
Jinnah International Airport
Instance of 1
aviation accident
Operator 1
Pakistan International Airlines
Start point 1
Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport
Vessel 1
Boeing 707
Via 1
King Abdulaziz International Airport
← Significant event 1
Pakistan International Airlines
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Summary

PIA Flight 740 is an aviation accident[1].

Related Entities

Saudi Arabia

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Dexbot bot · 2026-10-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 18
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bn', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'id', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'pl', 'pnb',
    Destination point → Jinnah International Airport
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