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 | 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. | Lake George, Australia |
| SA
flight 004 1975 |
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 055
1976 |
74 | Flight 055 to Atlanta's Hartfield-Jackson Airport crashed shortly after take-off at Sydney's Kingsford-Smith. The plane had a faulty servo motor, which led to an improper elevator trim. The airplane rolled right while only 7 feet off the ground, causing the wing to hit the ocean water, It crashed 40 meters from the runway and slowly began to sink into the ocean. only 30 of the 104 passengers survived. | Sydney,
Australia |
| GP
flight 102 1976 |
2 | GP flight 102 from Melbourne to Tokyo made a hard landing at Tokyo's Haneda. Which caused the plane to lose a defect tire and bounce, followed by a second touchdown which caused the main landing ear to fall off. The aircraft overran the runway and hit the approach lights. 2 of the 140 Passengers died. | Tokyo,
Japan |
| GP
flight 041 1976 |
0 | This flight from Perth to Canberra was hijacked by a man named Davey Johnsson. He demanded a ransom of 4 million dollars, however passengers fought him and stopped him. He was later arrested for attempted murder and got a life sentence. | Canberra,
Australia |
| GP
flight 303 1978 |
129 | The Flight 303 from New York to Sydney had a bomb hidden in the baggage compartment. The bomb went off when they reached at a certain altitude. It damaged the left wing, and both engine which caused the plane to lose power. They descended quickly and crashed into a suburban neighbourhood near New Brunswick. It barely missed the Highland Park High School and damaged up to 20 houses and 1 apartment building. Miraculously 30 of the passengers survived, and no people were injured on the ground as it was the middle of the day.
It was unclear who the attacker was and what their intentions were, but it remained the deadliest crash of a Golden Pacific plane untill 1996. |
New Brunswick,
United States |
| GPC
flight 010 1983 |
0 | GPC flight 010 struck a set of trees and landed just short of the runway at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport. Fortunately no-one on bourd was injured. | Melbourne,
Australia |
| SA
flight 039 1987 |
2 | Starflight Airlines flight 039 from Canberra to Sydney was hijacked by an immigrant demanding the plane to fly to Perth. He stabbed one of the pilots, who later died to blood loss. He refused to surrender when the plane landed at Sydney and stabbed 4 of the passengers, one of which died to his injuries. He was arrested and trialed for murder. | Sydney,
Australia |
| GP
flight 202 1992 |
1 | Flight 202 from Perth to Bangkok's landing gear collapsed while taking off, the pilot managed to maintain directional control and bring the airplane to a safe stop. Unfortunately one person died of a heart attack related to the shock of the accident. | Perth,
Australia |
| GP
flight 247 1994 |
0 | Flight 247 from Greenfield to Melbourne was taxiing when the 7.5 magnitude earthquake of 1994 hit. The pilot couldn't stop the plane in time and it crashed into a ditch. Due to other debris and the airport losing power for 2 weeks the plane wouldnt be removed untill 3 weeks after, and everyone on the plane would stay in the emergency camp set up on the airports long term parking lot. | Greenfield,
United States |
| GP
flight 008 1996 |
204 | Flight 008 from Sydney to Greenfield came in for a landing, but due to strong crosswinds decided to go around and do it again. The second time the plane did land, but due to the same wind got pushed to the right into a taxiway sign, causing the plane to lose a wheel tyre. This made the plane unable to turn or stop in time. It ended up crashing through the fences into highway I-205. It exploded, killing everyone on board, and 12 more people on the highway.
Had it been an hour later, there would likely have been a lot less people on the highway and the plane would not have exploded. Unfortunately this was Golden Pacifics deadliest disaster, and Californias deadliest aviation disaster ever since. |
Greenfield,
United States |