Golden Pacific
Golden Pacific is the largest airline based in Australia.
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| Version introduced | 0.5.4 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Sydney-Kingsford Smith, Melbourne-Tullamarine, Perth | ||||||
| Focus cities | Los Angeles-International, Singapore-Changi | ||||||
| Frequent-flyer program | Golden Pacific frequent flyer | ||||||
| Alliance | Oneworld | ||||||
| Subsidiaries | Golden Pacific Freight, Starflight Airlines | ||||||
| Destinations | 53 | ||||||
| Parent company | Golden Pacific | ||||||
| Headquarters | Sydney, Australia | ||||||
History
history
Destinations
Hubs
Golden Pacific has major hubs in three australian cities:
Kingsford Smith International in Sydney.
Tullamarine Airport in Meblourne
Pert airport in Perth
Fleet
Fleet history
Accidents and incidents
Golden Pacific is notorious for its many accidents and incidents in the past. Especially around the year 1975 when budget cuts were put after the company filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy.
| Flight and year | Death toll | Cause of Accident | Location of Accident |
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| GP
flight 001, 1935 |
2 | First ever passenger flight of GP, the pilot did not go through enough training and crashed the plane,
killing both the pilots . And injuring the 4 passengers on board. |
Newcastle, Australia |
| GPC
flight 008, 1956 |
3 | This cargo plane flew from Kingsford smith to perth airport, but lightning struck the plane and it crashed into a field near a small town in the outback. all 3 of the people on board died on landing. | kalgoorie, Australia |
| GPC
flight 012, 1969 |
0 | A door on the cargo deck bursted open, causing many packages to fly out of the plane and fall down into the pacific ocean. | Above the Pacific Ocean |
| GP
flight 023, 1971 |
127 | This flight was supposed to fly from Tullamarine Airport to the Changi airport in Singapore. Around 4 am on november 13th 1971 the plane went off radar and dissapeared forever. Many rescue efforts had been made but no remains were found,
until 10 years later when pieces of the wing washed up on the Indonesian shoreline. Experts think that the plane had engine issues, causing the plane to crash into the Indian ocean. The families sued Golden Pacific and are still fighting for them to search for the plane, even tho it has been 50 years. |
The Indian Ocean |
| GP
flight 031 1972 |
0 | The pilot had an error and accidentally crashed the plane into a ditch at the LAX airport, luckily noone was injured or died. But the error did cause a 2 day backup on the LAX airport while they cleaned up the crash site | LAX airport, Los angeles, USA |
| GP
flight 014 1975 |
3 | Due to the recent oil crisis, the Golden Pacific company took a bunch of budget cuts. The plane did not get checked up for almost 2 years. While flying from Tullamarine to Kingsford Smith the two left engines stopped working, The plane made an SOS to land at the Canberra Airport. Unfortunately the plane did not make the airport and it had to make an emergancy landing in Lake George just outside of Canberra. 3 people died of hypothermia and many were hospitalized. After the budget cuts got out to the public, the enraged families of the victims, and some survivors sued the company. The GP company could not afford this, causing the company to file for chapter 11th bankruptcy in August 1975 | Lake George, Australia |
| SA
flight 004 1977 |
11 | This small Starflight Airlines flight flew from canberra airport to perth. Around 2 AM the flight went off radar above the australian outback. Rescue efforts were started a full 7 hours later, and they didnt arrive untill 6 PM in the afternoon because they drove all the way out from Alice Springs. The plane crash was found near the small town of Beadell. Everyone on the plane was found dead. | Beadell, Australia |
| GP flight 028
1982 |
0 |