More than 40 bodies have been recovered after a Pakistani plane crashed with nearly 100 people on board in the southern city of Karachi on Friday, the airline said, with dozens more feared dead.The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane had made multiple approaches to land at the city's airport when it came down among houses, devastating buildings and killing several people on the ground.The bodies of 41 people had been recovered by Friday evening, the airline's chief executive Arshad Mahmood Malik said in a press conference, adding that the full clearance operation could last two to three days.He said only one survivor had been confirmed from the wreckage -- the president of the Bank of Punjab, Zafar Masud.Provincial officials however reported at least two survivors, and said at least 60 dead bodies had been recovered.Plumes of smoke were sent into the air as rescue workers and residents searched the debris for people and as firefighters tried to extinguish the flames. In the last yea...41 bodies recovered, dozens more feared dead in Pakistan plane crash An AFP reporter witnessed charred bodies being loaded into ambulances.Sarfraz Ahmed, a firefighter at the crash site, told AFP the nose of the Airbus A320 and the fuselage had been heavily damaged by the impact, adding that rescuers had pulled bodies from the aircraft who were still wearing seatbelts.Seemin Jamali, a director from Jinnah Post Graduate Medical College in the city, said the bodies of eight people killed on the ground had been brought to the facility.Faisal Edhi, who heads the charitable Edhi Foundation that was assisting rescuers said 42 bodies had been recovered from the area. "As per our estimates there are around 50 more dead bodies under the debris," he said in a live television broadcast.The disaster comes as Pakistanis across the country are preparing to celebrate the end of Ramadan and the beginning of Eid al-Fitr, with many travelling back to their homes in cities and villages.PIA confirmed there were 91 passengers and seven crew on board the flight, which lost contact with air traffic control just after 2:30 pm (0930 GMT) travelling from Lahore to Karachi. The engines’ sounds were quite weird.
It was so low that the walls of my house were trembling,” said 14-year-old witness Hassan.Karachi resident Mudassar Ali said he “heard a big bang and woke up to people calling for the fire brigade”.Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said he was “shocked and saddened” by the crash, tweeting that he was in touch with the state airline’s chief executive.“Prayers & condolences go to families of the deceased,” he wrote on Twitter.The Pakistan military said security forces were deployed to the neighbourhood and helicopters were used to survey the damage, while offering condolences over the “loss of precious lives” in the incident.Commercial flights resumed only days ago, after planes were grounded during a lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic.Pakistan has a chequered military and civilian aviation safety record, with frequent plane and helicopter crashes over the years.In 2016, a Pakistan International Airlines plane burst into flames after one of its two turboprop engines failed while flying from the remote north to Islamabad, killing more than 40 people.The deadliest air disaster on Pakistani soil was in 2010, when an Airbus A321 operated by private airline Airblue and flying from Karachi crashed into the hills outside Islamabad as it came into land, killing all 152 people on board.An official report blamed the accident on a confused captain and a hostile cockpit atmosphere.PIA, one of the world’s leading airlines until the 1970s, now suffers from a sinking reputation due to frequent cancellations, delays and financial troubles. More than 40 Bodies Recovered So Far, Dozens More Feared Dead in Pakistan Plane Crash in Karachi People stand next to the debris of a plane that crashed in a residential area near an airport in Karachi, Pakistan.
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