ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 232075
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| Date: | Sunday 12 January 2020 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver |
| Owner/operator: | Federal Department of Plant Protection |
| Registration: | AP-AMB |
| MSN: | 1415 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sadiqabad, Cholistan -
 Pakistan
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Sheikh Zayed International Airport |
| Investigating agency: | PakCAA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The aircraft crashed while spraying pesticides. Both pilot and engineer died in the crash. The plane was combating a locust plague.
The DHC-2 aircraft was in service since February 1960.
Sources:
https://www.aninews.in/news/world/asia/2-pilots-die-in-pakistan-plane-crash20200112135937/
https://www.urdupoint.com/en/pakistan/2-pilots-die-in-sadiqabad-807969.html
https://www.dawn.com/news/1527885/2-killed-as-aircraft-spraying-pesticide-for-locusts-crashes-in-cholistan
https://twitter.com/avpak3/status/1216292070412967936?s=20
https://historyofpia.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=27859
http://www.dhc-2.com/id936.htm
Media:
#Pakistan 2 pilots were died in aircraft crash during the anti-locust sprying at Bandhi area of #Sadiqabad According to the details garnered, an aircraft engaged in an aerial insecticide spray to get rid of swarms of locust and was #crashed purportedly due to a technical fault. pic.twitter.com/nkMHpMAf1w
— Nikhil Choudhary (@NikhilCh_) January 12, 2020
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Jan-2020 08:51 | gerard57 | Added |
| 12-Jan-2020 08:53 | gerard57 | Updated [Source] |
| 12-Jan-2020 09:11 | gerard57 | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Jan-2020 09:42 | Dmitriy | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source] |
| 12-Jan-2020 09:58 | Dmitriy | Updated [Date] |
| 12-Jan-2020 11:17 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 19-Jan-2020 18:30 | royrohan86 | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 18-Feb-2021 20:34 | harro | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
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