40 bodies recovered, dozens more feared dead in Pakistan plane crash

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UPDATED. The Pakistan International Airlines plane was close to landing when it came down among houses, sparking an explosion and killing several people on the ground.

AFTERMATH. Firefighters spray water on the wreckage of a Pakistan International Airlines aircraft after it crashed at a residential area in Karachi on May 22, 2020. Photo by Rizwan Tabassum/AFP

"We have recovered 40 plus bodies so far," Major Mohammad Mansoor from the Pakistan Rangers, who was overseeing the rescue operation, told Agence France-Presse . At least two passengers survived the crash, according to Syed Nasir Hussain Shah, the information minister in Sindh province where Karachi is located.

Seemin Jamali, a director from Jinnah Post Graduate Medical College in the city, said 8 dead and 15 injured people had been brought to the facility.The plane had developed a technical fault, interior minister Ijaz Ahmad Shah said, adding that the pilot issued a mayday call after the craft lost an engine.

Karachi resident Mudassar Ali said he"heard a big bang and woke up to people calling for the fire brigade."

 

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