Terrible plane crash in Pakistan: A passenger plane crashed into a residential area.
- A passenger plane crashed in Pakistan .
- The plane crash occurred on Friday (May 22) near the city of Karachi.
- 99 passengers and eight crew members are said to have been on board the scheduled flight. All of them are said to have died at the scene of the accident.
Update from May 22, 2020, 3:59 p.m .: After the plane crash in Pakistan , almost a dozen bodies were recovered from the crash site.
Contrary to previous reports, in which 107 dead were mentioned, new findings of the German press agency are now available. According to this, two people survived the plane crash in the metropolis of Karachi . That said a spokesman for the aviation authority on Friday.
One of the survivors, the head of a bank, is in a stable condition, said southern Sindh chief minister Murad Ali Shah, who met the man in a hospital. There may be other survivors , a spokesman for the airline said.
According to the airline, the pilot reported the machine's technical problems to the tower shortly before the crash . Radio messages indicated a failure of one of the machine's engines. Eyewitnesses told local television stations that they saw the plane circling the airport before it crashed in the residential area.
Pakistan: Airbus A320 crashes in residential area - all 107 occupants are said to have died
Update of May 22, 2020, 3:20 p.m .: According to the mayor of Karachi, a plane crashed in southern Pakistan said that all 107 inmates - including 99 passengers, eight crew members - still died at the scene of the accident. This is reported, among other things, by the “Tagesspiegel” first.
The Airbus crashed into apartment buildings near the airport. According to the report, some houses were damaged and at least 15 people who were wounded in the houses were taken to Karachi Jinnah Hospital. A state of emergency was declared there, as a doctor said. The army is now also on site to support the civil authorities.
First message from May 22, 2020: Pakistan: Airbus A320 crashes in residential area - 99 passengers on board
Islamabad - A passenger plane crashed in southern Pakistan. The Airbus A320 with around 107 people on board crashed near the city of Karachi in a residential area, the country's aviation authority said on Friday.
Pakistan: Airbus A320 crashes in residential area - 99 passengers on board
The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane had started in Lahore and was due to land at Karachi Airport. Then the Airbus crashed into apartment buildings near the airport. The Airbus A320 was just approaching the airport. Videos of the crash are spreading on social networks. Clouds of smoke can be seen.
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- Narottam Agrahari (@imnarottam) May 22, 2020There is initially no official information about the number of victims. Police and the military cordon off the area around the crash site. Clouds of smoke and debris from destroyed houses can be seen on other videos. Emergency services try to extinguish the burning houses. Rescue workers are on duty to rescue injured people from the rubble.
#PIA plane crashed pic.twitter.com/uegVp1j67d
- Muhammad Ali (@ Muhammad_Ali239) May 22, 2020Drama in Pakistan: plane crash at the end of Ramadan
Due to the corona pandemic, flight operations in Pakistan only resumed a few days ago. Because of the upcoming Eid al-Fitr festival at the end of Ramadan, many people in the country are currently traveling to their hometowns.
Passenger plane crashes in southern Pakistan near Karachi airport.
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