Pakistani families mourn plane crash victims, no Aidilfitri celebration | Malay Mail

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KARACHI, May 25 — As Fazal Rahmaan, 80 and his wife, Wahida Rahmaan, 74, boarded a plane in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Friday, their family's biggest fear was that they might get catch the coronavirus on their way to spend the holiday in Karachi. Instead the couple, who had been married for...

Monday, 25 May 2020 01:57 PM MYT

Instead the couple, who had been married for 54 years, were among the 97 people killed when an Airbus A320, operated by Pakistan International Airlines, crashed into a Karachi neighbourhood — Pakistan's worst air disaster since 2012. More than two dozen homes were damaged as the airliner roared in, leaving a tangle of severed electric cables and exposed rebar — broken wing rested against the side of a home, an engine on the ground nearby.

One rescue worker told Reuters two bodies were found with oxygen masks on. Many bodies pulled from the wreckage were charred beyond recognition.

 

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