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Commercial plane crashes in Pakistan 2:50
(CNN Spanish) - At least 76 bodies have been recovered after Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303 crashed in Karachi on Friday, according to a statement from the Sindh Health Department.
At a press conference, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) vice president of air operations Arshad Malik said there were 99 people on board, including the crew and passengers.
The flight took off from Lahore and was due to land in Karachi before it disappeared from radar.
The Airbus A320 crashed into the Model Colony neighborhood, next to the airport.
The pilot on the flight told air traffic control in Karachi that he lost engines before the plane crashed on Friday.
In an audio recording of the aircraft's communications obtained by CNN, from a Pakistani government source, the pilot can be heard talking to air traffic control before saying: "We are advancing directly, we have lost engines."
Malik, the airline's CEO, said at a press conference on Friday that all reviews and certifications had been in place, that nothing was pending and that the airline was operational and administratively in order.
Malik was unable to confirm why the accident occurred, but said there will be a proper investigation.
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