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Death of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
.jpg) A Bangladesh Air Force C-130B, similar to the aircraft involved | |
| Accident | |
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| Date | 17 August 1988 |
| Summary | Crashed after takeoff; disputed cause |
| Site | Near Bahawalpur Airport, Sutlej River |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Lockheed C-130B Hercules |
| Operator |  Pakistan Air Force |
| Registration | 23494 |
| Flight origin | Bahawalpur Airport, Pakistan |
| Destination | Islamabad Airport, Pakistan |
| Occupants | 30 |
| Passengers | 17 |
| Crew | 13 |
| Fatalities | 30 |
| Survivors | 0 |
General Zia-ul-Haq, the sixth president of Pakistan, died in an aircraft crash on 17 August 1988 in Bahawalpur near the Sutlej River. Zia's close confidant CJCSC Akhtar Abdur Rahman, 8th Director-General of the ISPR Siddique Salik, American diplomat Arnold Lewis Raphel and 26 others also died upon impact.
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Zia's death was officially announced a few hours later on Radio Pakistan and Pakistan Television Network by Ghulam Ishaq Khan, the Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan, who assumed presidency. Zia's state funeral took place at the Faisal Mosque in Islamabad, drawing around a million mourners.
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