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97 dead, 2 survivors in Pakistan plane crash

All but two of the 99 people on board a Pakistan passenger plane were killed when it crashed into a residential neighborhood of Karachi, officials said on Saturday (May 23), as rescue workers toiled through the charred and twisted wreckage strewn across the street.

Axar.az reports citing foreign media that the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane had made multiple approaches to land at Karachi airport on Friday when it came down among houses, sparking a rescue operation that lasted into the night.

The bodies of all the passengers and crew had been recovered, the Sindh Health Ministry said, adding that 19 had been identified.

Date
2020.05.23 / 10:53
Author
Axar.az
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