Tag: PAKISTAN INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES

97 dead, 2 survivors from Pakistan plane crash: health ministry

  KARACHI, Pakistan (AFP) — Ninety-seven people were killed and two survived when a passenger plane crashed into homes in Pakistan’s southern city of Karachi, health officials said Saturday. The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane had made multiple approaches to land at the city’s airport when it came down in a residential area, damaging buildings and sparking a rescue operation that lasted into the night. All passengers and crew had been accounted for and the […]

URGENT: 21 bodies recovered from scene of Pakistan plane crash: military

Islamabad, Pakistan | AFP |   At least 21 bodies have so far been recovered from the site of a plane crash in northwest Pakistan Wednesday, the military said. “Rescue effort continues. 21 bodies recovered so far,” the military, which is part of rescue efforts, said in a statement. There was “no chance” any of the 47 people on board the Pakistan International Airlines flight from northern Chitral to Islamabad survived, Sardar Aurangzeb Nalota, a local […]